Total Number of Disney Movies Ever Made

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Release Date	Title	Production Budget	Opening Weekend	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
Nov 8, 2024	Untitled Marvel Studios Film
Jul 26, 2024	Untitled Marvel Studios Film
May 3, 2024	Untitled Marvel Studios Film
Jul 28, 2023	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quant…
May 5, 2023	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
Feb 17, 2023	The Marvels
Nov 11, 2022	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jul 8, 2022	Thor: Love and Thunder
May 6, 2022	Doctor Strange in the Multi…
Dec 17, 2021	Spider-Man: No Way Home	$200,000,000	$260,138,569	$297,276,887	$637,644,359
Nov 5, 2021	Eternals	$200,000,000	$71,297,219	$163,834,427	$399,934,427
Sep 3, 2021	Shang-Chi and the Legend of…	$150,000,000	$75,388,688	$224,543,292	$417,952,233
Jul 9, 2021	Black Widow	$200,000,000	$80,366,312	$183,651,655	$375,474,179
Jul 2, 2019	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$160,000,000	$92,579,212	$390,532,085	$1,132,532,832
Apr 26, 2019	Avengers: Endgame	$400,000,000	$357,115,007	$858,373,000	$2,797,800,564
Mar 8, 2019	Captain Marvel	$175,000,000	$153,433,423	$426,829,839	$1,129,727,388
Jul 6, 2018	Ant-Man and the Wasp	$130,000,000	$75,812,205	$216,648,740	$623,144,660
Apr 27, 2018	Avengers: Infinity War	$300,000,000	$257,698,183	$678,815,482	$2,044,540,523
Feb 16, 2018	Black Panther	$200,000,000	$202,003,951	$700,059,566	$1,336,494,321
Nov 3, 2017	Thor: Ragnarok	$180,000,000	$122,744,989	$315,058,289	$850,482,778
Jul 7, 2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$175,000,000	$117,027,503	$334,201,140	$878,346,440
May 5, 2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2	$200,000,000	$146,510,104	$389,813,101	$869,113,101
Nov 4, 2016	Doctor Strange	$165,000,000	$85,058,311	$232,641,920	$676,354,481
May 6, 2016	Captain America: Civil War	$250,000,000	$179,139,142	$408,084,349	$1,151,918,521
Jul 17, 2015	Ant-Man	$130,000,000	$57,225,526	$180,202,163	$518,858,449
May 1, 2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$365,000,000	$191,271,109	$459,005,868	$1,395,316,979
Aug 1, 2014	Guardians of the Galaxy	$170,000,000	$94,320,883	$333,714,112	$770,882,395
Apr 4, 2014	Captain America: The Winter…	$170,000,000	$95,023,721	$259,746,958	$714,401,889
Nov 8, 2013	Thor: The Dark World	$150,000,000	$85,737,841	$206,362,140	$644,602,516
May 3, 2013	Iron Man 3	$200,000,000	$174,144,585	$408,992,272	$1,215,392,272
May 4, 2012	The Avengers	$225,000,000	$207,438,708	$623,357,910	$1,515,100,211
Jul 22, 2011	Captain America: The First …	$140,000,000	$65,058,524	$176,654,505	$370,569,776
May 6, 2011	Thor	$150,000,000	$65,723,338	$181,030,624	$449,326,618
May 7, 2010	Iron Man 2	$170,000,000	$128,122,480	$312,433,331	$621,156,389
Jun 13, 2008	The Incredible Hulk	$137,500,000	$55,414,050	$134,806,913	$265,573,859
May 2, 2008	Iron Man	$186,000,000	$102,118,668	$318,604,126	$585,171,547
Averages		$195,500,000	$133,256,009	$348,713,878	$903,252,360
Totals	36	$5,278,500,000		$9,415,274,694	$24,387,813,707

Video Release Breakdown

Release Date	Title	Domestic Video Sales to Date	Watch Now
Sep 30, 2008	Iron Man	$198,126,520	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google
Oct 21, 2008	The Incredible Hulk	$79,200,595	Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Sep 22, 2010	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Mi…
Sep 28, 2010	Iron Man 2	$186,405,737	Amazon iTunes Google
Oct 20, 2010	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Se…		Disney+
Apr 26, 2011	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Vo…	$2,342,968
Apr 26, 2011	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Vo…	$2,208,918
Sep 13, 2011	Thor	$95,540,314	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Oct 25, 2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	$151,690,406	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Apr 1, 2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Se…		Disney+
Sep 25, 2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Vol…
Sep 25, 2012	The Avengers	$251,192,534	Disney+ Amazon iTunes
Feb 19, 2013	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Vo…
Apr 2, 2013	Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Ave…	$23,794,222
May 26, 2013	Avengers Assemble: Season 1		Disney+
Sep 24, 2013	Iron Man 3	$86,749,042	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google
Oct 8, 2013	Avengers Assemble: Assembly Required
Nov 19, 2013	Iron Man: 3-Movie Collection
Feb 25, 2014	Thor: The Dark World	$93,045,820	Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Sep 9, 2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	$78,408,202	Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Sep 28, 2014	Avengers Assemble: Season 2		Disney+
Dec 9, 2014	Guardians of the Galaxy	$150,666,674	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Jan 6, 2015	Agent Carter: Season 1		Disney+
Sep 8, 2015	The Avengers: Age of Ultron	$91,180,554	Disney+ Amazon iTunes
Nov 17, 2015	Ant-Man	$69,069,261	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Dec 8, 2015	Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase 2 Collection	$32,471,214
Jan 19, 2016	Agent Carter: Season 2		Disney+
Mar 13, 2016	Avengers Assemble: Season 3, Ultron Revolu…		Disney+
Sep 13, 2016	Captain America: Civil War	$85,481,925	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Feb 14, 2017	Doctor Strange	$59,202,229	Amazon iTunes Google
Jun 10, 2017	Ant-Man: Season 1
Jun 17, 2017	Avengers Assemble: Season 4, Secret Wars		Disney+
Aug 8, 2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2	$78,775,733	Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Sep 26, 2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$70,374,177	Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Nov 20, 2017	Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe Phase One
Nov 20, 2017	Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe: Phase Two
Nov 20, 2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming		Netflix
Nov 21, 2017	The Incredible Hulk: The Complete Series
Feb 20, 2018	Thor: Ragnarok	$73,770,181	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
May 8, 2018	Black Panther	$104,051,860	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Jul 31, 2018	Avengers: Infinity War	$103,710,965	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Sep 23, 2018	Avengers Assemble: Season 5, Black Panther…		Disney+
Oct 2, 2018	Ant-Man and the Wasp	$50,312,808	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
May 28, 2019	Captain Marvel	$67,233,786	Disney+ Amazon iTunes Vudu
Jul 15, 2019	Captain Marvel		Disney+
Jul 30, 2019	Avengers: Endgame	$107,624,933	Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Sep 17, 2019	Spider Man: Far From Home	$65,306,327	Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Nov 11, 2019	Spider-Man: Far From Home		Netflix
May 28, 2020	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season Se…
Nov 17, 2020	Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 1 & 2
Jan 8, 2021	Marvel Studios: Legends S1 E1, Wanda Maximoff
Jan 8, 2021	Marvel Studios: Legends S1 E2, Vision		Disney+
Jan 8, 2021	Marvel Studios: Legends, Season 1		Disney+
Jan 15, 2021	WandaVision: S1 E1, Filmed Before a Live S…		Disney+
Jan 15, 2021	WandaVision: S1 E2, Don't Touch That Dial
Jan 15, 2021	WandaVision: Season 1		Disney+
Jan 15, 2021	WandaVision: Season 1		Disney+
Jan 22, 2021	WandaVision: S1 E3, Now in Color		Disney+
Jan 29, 2021	WandaVision: S1 E4, We Interrupt This Program
Feb 5, 2021	WandaVision: S1 E5, On a Very Special Episode		Disney+
Feb 12, 2021	WandaVision: S1 E6, All-New Halloween Spoo…		Disney+
Feb 19, 2021	WandaVision: S1 E7, Breaking the Fourth Wall		Disney+
Feb 26, 2021	WandaVision: S1 E8, Previously On
Mar 5, 2021	Marvel Studios Legends: S1 E3, Falcon
Mar 5, 2021	Marvel Studios Legends: S1 E4, The Winter …		Disney+
Mar 5, 2021	WandaVision: S1 E9, The Series Finale
Mar 12, 2021	Assembled: S1 E1, The Making of WandaVision
Mar 19, 2021	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Season 1		Disney+
Mar 26, 2021	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: S1 E2, …
Apr 2, 2021	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: S1 E3, …		Disney+
Apr 9, 2021	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: S1 E4, …		Disney+
Apr 16, 2021	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: S1 E5, …		Disney+
Apr 23, 2021	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: S1 E6, …
Apr 30, 2021	Assembled: S1 E2, The Making of The Falcon…
Jun 9, 2021	Loke: S1 E1, Glorious Purpose
Jun 9, 2021	Loki: Season 1		Disney+
Jun 16, 2021	Loki: S1 E2, The Variant		Disney+
Jun 23, 2021	Loki: S1 E3, Lamentis
Jul 7, 2021	Loki: S1 E5, Journey into Mystery
Jul 9, 2021	Black Widow		Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Jul 14, 2021	Loki: S1 E6, For All Time. Always.
Jul 21, 2021	Assembled: S1 E3, The Making of Loki
Aug 11, 2021	What If…? S1 E1, What If… Captain Carter W…
Aug 18, 2021	What If…? S1 E2, What If… T'Challa Became …
Aug 25, 2021	What If…? S1 E3, What If… The World Lost I…
Oct 18, 2021	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings		Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Nov 24, 2021	Hawkeye: Season 1
	Totals	$2,457,937,905

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Theater counts: West Side Story and National Champions start relatively small

December 9th, 2021

This weekend will be a pleasant change from the last one at the box office as we see two new wide releases make their way into North American theaters. Both are starting out with targeted releases, rather than opening as wide as possible. The one with the largest release is the romantic musical West Side Story, which is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars a distinguished ensemble cast including Ansel Elgort and Ariana DeBose. West Side Story will open in 2,820 locations. Also new this week is National Champions. The film from STX Entertainment follows a star collegiate quarterback who ignites a players' strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools. Arriving in 1,197 locations, National Champions stars Stephan James and J.K. Simmons, along with an array of cameos from the NFL and sports world. More...

Theater Counts: Ghostbusters stays widest release

December 2nd, 2021

With the post-Thanksgiving holiday lull upon us, and no new wide releases debuting this weekend*, last week's biggest films look to keep their places leading into the first weekend of December. Encanto was the winner at the box office last week, but placed second behind Ghostbusters: Afterlife as the week's widest releasing film.

* Although it's not opening this weekend, Christmas with the Chosen: The Messengers opened on Wednesday and will play in an estimated 1,600 locations every day until it concludes on December 10th. Like most films from Fathom Events, box office isn't being reported. More...

Theater counts: Eternals stays the widest release

November 11th, 2021

Last week saw the debut of Walt Disney's latest Marvel blockbuster in Eternals. The film captured a superb opening weekend of $71.3 million domestically and $90.7 million overseas, and currently enjoys a six-day domestic total of $85 million. It will keep its opening weekend theater count of 4,090 heading into this weekend. The only wide release to open this week, and the second-widest film in theaters is Clifford the Big Red Dog, which had a rare Wednesday opening where it earned $2.3 million. Clifford will jump from 3,407 to 3,700 theaters this weekend. Rounding out the top five are the familiar faces of Dune, in 3,282 theaters, and No Time to Die and Venom: Let There be Carnage in 2,867 and 2,538 locations respectively. More...

Weekend estimates: Eternals out the gate with a strong $71 million

November 7th, 2021

The Marvel Cinematic Universe's 26th outing is opening this weekend very much in line with similar releases in the franchise. Eternals will land with $71 million domestically, according to Disney's Sunday-morning estimate. That's about $4 million less than Shang-Chi earned in September, which was in turn about $5 million less than Black Widow's $80-million opening in July. But it's also very much in line with what Doctor Strange opened with before the pandemic. In short, the MCU looks to be doing fine. More...

Weekend predictions: Eternals' $9.5 million in previews points to weekend in the mid-70s

November 5th, 2021

Disney's Eternals, the latest outing for the MCU, got off to a strong start on Thursday evening, with $9.5 million in preview earnings, according to the studio. That's a bit more than Shang-Chi's $8.8 million, but somewhat less than the $13.2 million earned by Black Widow. That points to an opening weekend in the mid-$70 millions. More...

Theater counts: Eternals unseat Dune with a 4,090-location debut

November 4th, 2021

After two weeks sitting atop both the theater count chart and more importantly at the box office, Dune will take a backseat this week. The film opened domestically two weeks ago and has earned just north of $75 million. This week it drops down to 3,546 theaters, which is not enough to keep at the top of our list, but still widely available to see on the big screen. There's no surprise that the honor of widest release this week goes to Walt Disney's Eternals. The latest MCU feature, directed by Chloé Zhao and carrying a $200-million budget is set to launch in 4,090 locations across North America. The superhero blockbuster amassed $7.6 million from 14 international territories from rollouts beginning on Wednesday. Hitting theaters on Wednesday next week, the family-friendly film, Clifford the Big Red Dog is set to open in 3,400 locations. The animated-live action hybrid stars veteran actor John Cleese and Darby Camp and of course the amiable Clifford. Also making its way to the big screen this week is the biographical psychological drama Spencer. The movie from Neon Films which stars Kristen Stewart as Lady Diana will debut in a confirmed 996 locations. More...

Theater Counts: Shang-Chi and Cry Macho once again too close to call

September 23rd, 2021

Since its debut in early September, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has enjoyed the limelight as the widest film, coupled with impressive numbers at the box office. For the first time, however, the Marvel film dips below the 4,000 theater mark, landing this week in 3,952 locations, which will likely be neck-and-neck with Cry Macho, which opened in 3,967 theaters last weekend and will probably stay at the same number (Warner Bros. is not releasing official counts at this time). New this week is the musical Dear Evan Hansen. The teen-drama starring Ben Platt follows a high schooler who, plagued with social anxiety, concocts a story to become closer to the family of a deceased classmate. Directed by Stephen Chbosky and based on the music stage play by Steven Levenson, Dear Evan Hansen debuts in 3,364 theaters. Also new in wide release this week is Courageous Legacy. The film from Sony Pictures is a re-release of the 2011 film, which contains the original storyline with an extended, remastered cut 10 years later. It arrives in 1,023 theaters across North America this weekend. Lastly, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, which debuted last week, expands to 1,352 locations this week. More...

Theater counts: Cry Macho and Shang-Chi go head to head

September 16th, 2021

After two weeks on top of the theater count list, and more importantly dominating both the domestic and international box office, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings drops from 4,300 to 4,070 locations to begin its third week. The latest Marvel film has collected a stellar $152 million domestically in its first 13 days of release. Providing stiff competition this week is the latest feature from Warner Bros. in Cry Macho. The neo-Western drama starring and directed by screen legend Clint Eastwood follows a former Texas rodeo star who is hired by his former boss to retrieve his son from Mexico. Cry Macho is estimated to arrive in 3,900 theaters. Also opening wide this week is the action/thriller CopShop, starring Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo. The movie from Open Road Films is set to debut in 3,005 locations. More...

Theater counts: Shang-Chi holds off Malignant to remain widest release

September 9th, 2021

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was a welcome surprise at the box office last week as the latest Marvel film tallied up an impressive $75 million during its first weekend, and currently carries a six-day total of $106 million in North America. The film debuted in 4,300 locations and will retain that count entering its second week. New this week from Warner Bros. is Malignant, directed by James Wan and starring Annabelle Wallis. The supernatural-horror film is estimated to debut in 3,800 theaters, including IMAX locations, while simultaneously being available to stream on HBO Max. Also new in wide release this week is the Kendrick Brothers' inspirational docu-drama from Sony Pictures, Show Me the Father, opening in 1,073 locations. Rounding out the top five this week is Free Guy, going from 3,885 last week, to 3,650 this week; Candyman settling in at 3,279 locations this week; and PAW Patrol: The Movie, which begins its fourth week in 2,820 theaters. More...

Theater Counts: Shang-Chi charges into theaters

September 2nd, 2021

After several release date changes, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings finally arrives in theaters this weekend. The MCU Phase Four film starring Simu Liu launches in 4,300 locations across North America and holds a 45-day theatrical window before landing on Disney+. Free Guy, which has been playing in the most theaters since its release three weeks ago drops to second this week, from 3,940 down to 3,885 locations. The sci-fi/action film has scored just north of $82m domestically and over $180m worldwide. Last week's box office topper, Candyman earned $22m last weekend in its debut and will keep its 3,569 location count as it enters its second week. Rounding out the top five this week is Jungle Cruise—which drops to 3,075 theaters this week—and PAW Patrol: The Movie begins its third week by playing in 3,004 locations. More...

Theater Counts: Free Guy edges out Candyman to remain widest release

August 26th, 2021

After dethroning Jungle Cruise two weeks ago, and keeping four wide releases at bay last week, Free Guy once again leads this week's theater counts. The film has earned just over $64 million domestically and an estimated $117 million worldwide in its first 13 days in release. The theater count does drop from 4,165 last week to 3,940 this week, but is still good enough to fend off Candyman—the latest feature from Universal Pictures—which debuts in 3,569 locations. Candyman is a sequel to the original 1992 horror film of the same name and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Still near the top of our list is the previously-mentioned Jungle Cruise, which has amassed just north of $94 million in North America, and $175 million worldwide. The adventure film plays in 3,370 locations this week. Of the four wide releases to debut last week, the best earner at the box office was the animated kids feature, PAW Patrol: The Movie. The film scored $13.1 million in its first three days from 3,184 locations and expands to 3,189 this week. More...

Eternals trailer

August 19th, 2021

MCU super hero movie, directed by Chloé Zhao opens in theaters on November 5. Full movie details…

Ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows to reunite against mankind's most ancient enemy, the Deviants. More...

Weekend predictions: The Suicide Squad headed for $30-million-or-so weekend

August 6th, 2021

The Suicide Squad should easily win the weekend at the box office as it goes up against Jungle Cruise (playing in its second weekend), and… not much else. After July's relative banquet of new releases, August will be more modest in scope, and The Suicide Squad looked at one stage as though it might have had the month almost to itself. Although its recent tracking has been more muted, its Thursday preview numbers point towards an easy win this weekend. This might be the only weekend it tops the charts though. More...

2021 market forecast: the recovery is gathering pace, but we still have a long way to go

July 22nd, 2021

The release of Black Widow was a landmark moment for the movie business. The first theatrical release in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe delivered the biggest opening weekend since December, 2019, but also ushered in a new business model for a tentpole release by generating $60 million in sales for the Disney+ streaming platform. There's no way of hiding the fact that Disney has shown that a day-and-date release for a film like this makes sense for the studio, at least while theatrical box office earnings are still depressed due to the pandemic. What that means for the long-term future of the theatrical business is hard to predict.

In the medium term though, recovery at the domestic box office looks like it will continue largely as expected. Our model's prediction for the 2021 market stands at $5.8 billion today, which is down slightly from last month's predicted $5.9 billion, but has remained fairly steady since our first market prediction back in April.

Here's what the model has to say today… More...

Weekend predictions: $13.2 million in previews puts $100-million weekend in play for Black Widow

July 9th, 2021

As of Friday morning, all signs point towards a spectacular opening weekend for Black Widow. The most eagerly-anticipated film of the Summer posted $13.2 million in previews between 5pm and midnight on Thursday, per Disney, which easily tops the $7.1 million preview earnings posted by F9 a couple of weeks ago. F9 went on to earn $70 million over its opening weekend, which was just shy of 10 times the earnings from its preview shows. If Black Widow does the same it'll surge past the $100 million market. Whatever happens, it's set for the biggest weekend of the pandemic era, and our models say $100 million is well within reach. More...

Theater Counts: Black Widow will debut in 4,160 theaters

July 8th, 2021

After two weeks on top of both the box office charts and the theater count list, F9: The Fast Saga will take a back seat to the long-awaited arrival of Black Widow. The film from Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios will debut in 4,160 theaters and will also be available to order on Disney+ with Premier Access. That theater count is a shade lower than the 4,179 theaters F9 opened in over the June 25 weekend, but still the second best of the pandemic era. More...

Theater counts: no slowing down for F9

July 1st, 2021

With the release of F9: The Fast Saga last weekend as well as this week's The Boss Baby: Family Business and The Forever Purge, Universal Pictures is currently keeping very busy. F9 debuted last weekend in 4,179 locations and earned just over $70 million during its first three days. The latest figures show the action film has earned $88 million domestically and $424 million worldwide, and it'll be expanding to 4,203 locations to start off its second weekend. More...

Eternals trailer

May 27th, 2021

MCU super hero movie, directed by Chloé Zhao opens in theaters on November 5. Full movie details…

Ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows to reunite against mankind's most ancient enemy, the Deviants. More...

Marvel Studios invites you back to the movies

May 3rd, 2021

The Marvel Cinematic Universe starts Phase 4 with Black Widow on July 9 ... Franchise details… More...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings trailer

April 27th, 2021

MCU action movie starring Simu Liu, Tony Leung, and Awkwafina opens in theaters on September 3. Full movie details… More...

Black Widow trailer

April 5th, 2021

MCU action movie starring Scarlett Johansson opens in theaters and as a PVOD release on Disney+ on July 9. Full movie details…

Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. More...

August Preview, Part 1: Will This Be the Month for a Major New Release?

August 1st, 2020

It has been a long time since we've seen a theatrical release from a major studio in North America, but that grim record may finally change in August. While there are only three major releases still on the calendar, and things remain in flux, it seems likely that at least one of them will open on their current release date.

That assumption is based partly on Warner Bros.' decision to go ahead with Tenet's release on September 3, and United Artists' release of Bill and Ted Face the Music in theaters and VOD on September 1. With theaters steadily opening internationally, the pressure to release new films has become too great, even while the pandemic continues to rage in the United States. Even if expectations are very low domestically, it makes sense to start releasing films that have some international appeal, can lure moviegoers back to theaters in small numbers in the US, and then can make back more money from domestic video releases.

In the first part of this month's preview, we look at the films that are lined up to open in August. Tomorrow, we'll analyze what it'll take to get box office earnings close to normal, and how long we can expect that to take, at least in countries that are bringing the pandemic under control. More...

International Round Up: South Korea has a Welcome Intruder at the Box Office

June 10th, 2020

Although recovery from the pandemic varies widely around the world, and some countries are seeing worrying spikes in infections, this weekend saw some encouraging signs of growth at the box office. Here's a round up of what we're seeing in different territories. More...

International Box Office: Rise of Skywalker Joins 2019's Billion-Dollar Club

January 15th, 2020

There were already a record number of films released in 2019 to get to the $1 billion milestone on the worldwide chart, and on Tuesday Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker added to that record when it become the ninth such film. The film earned $1.9 million domestically and $2.6 million internationally, pushing its totals to $481.3 million internationally and $1.001 billion worldwide. This total includes $72.0 million in the U.K. and $61.7 million in Germany. The film has also cracked $50 million in both Japan ($56.4 million) and France ($50.7 million). Amazingly, of the nine films that hit $1 billion, seven were released by Disney directly, while one of the others, Spider-man: Far from Home, is part of the M.C.U. We've never seen a studio dominate the box office like Disney has over the past few years and hopefully we will never see it again. As much as I like the M.C.U., for the overall health of the industry, I would rather have more studios thriving. More...

Disney Decimates the Competition on its way to $13.2 Billion Record in 2019

January 3rd, 2020

The preliminary final numbers for 2019 have been announced and we had record-breaking results. Overall, the worldwide box office hit $41 billion, with a $30 billion international and $11 billion domestic break-down. Of that total, Disney was responsible for $13.2 billion, or 32% of the worldwide total. This does include its Fox releases, but the studio earned $11.1 billion by itself. This breaks the previous record of $7.6 billion, set by Disney in 2016. It doesn't just break the previous record; it practically redefines the industry. More...

2019 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - First-Run Releases and Franchise Box Sets

November 27th, 2019

It's Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This year, Thanksgiving is as late as it could have been, which means there's no way to squeeze in four weeks of regular installments of the gift guide, as well as the December monthly preview, etc. So we are going to have a condensed list this year. That said, there weren't a ton of first-run releases that would have made this list regardless. More...

New at The Numbers: Sorting on Franchise Pages

October 30th, 2019

We've had a lot of helpful user feedback over the past week, and a popular feature we've been asked to implement is the ability to sort films on our franchise pages. Now, films can be sorted by Release Date, Title, Production Budget, Opening Weekend, Domestic Box Office, and Worldwide Box Office in ascending or descending order.

This makes it easy to see, for example, which Marvel movie had the biggest opening weekend or which Jurassic Park movie had the highest production budget. You can also search and sort all franchises on our main Movie Franchises list.

You can find franchises either by using the Search function from our navigation bar, from our franchise records page, or by clicking on the franchise link on a movie page. By the way, movies can be members of more than one franchise. For example, Avengers: Endgame is a member of both the Avengers franchise, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. More...

Home Market Releases for October 1st, 2019

October 3rd, 2019

It's a great week for home market releases with a couple of monster hits coming out. Spider-Man: Far From Home was already named Pick of the Week when it came out on VOD and the DVD / Blu-ray / 4K lives up to that title. Meanwhile, Toy Story 4 is the best release of the week, but it is only coming out on VOD and I don't like giving the Pick of the Week title to VOD releases. This leaves Maiden and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Season One, Part 1 as the Pick of the Week contenders. It is a close race, but the latter has better extras on its Blu-ray and that was the tiebreaker. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home

October 1st, 2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home was the first installment in the M.C.U. to come out after Endgame. It not only needs to tell a story by itself, it has the unenviable goal of setting up the post-Infinity Stones era of the M.C.U. Is it able to accomplish both of these tasks? More...

Home Market Releases for August 13th, 2019

August 12th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame comes out on DVD / Blu-ray / 4K this week and it should come as no surprise that it is the biggest release of the week. It is so big that there are practically no other releases to talk about and I had to include some films that would be relegated to the Secondary Blu-ray releases list most weeks. (Conversely, there were a lot of secondary Blu-ray releases this week.) That's not to say there are no other releases worth owning. The only real competition for Pick of the Week is Shadow on DVD / Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD, but there are several others worth picking up. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Avengers: Endgame

August 10th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame is the biggest box office hit worldwide. It is also a follow-up to Infinity War, which I consider the best movie in the M.C.U. Can Endgame live up to its predecessor? Can it top it? More...

Weekend Estimates: Hobbs and Shaw's International Numbers Save Weekend Haul

August 4th, 2019

Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw missed even the low end of predictions with an estimated opening weekend of just $60.8 million. This is not a good start for a film that cost $200 million to make. Additionally, its reviews and its A minus from CinemaScore do not suggest long enough legs to make up for this opening. Fortunately, the film is doing a lot better internationally with an estimated opening of $120 million in 63 markets. Furthermore, this number doesn't include China, because the film doesn't open there until the end of the month. (It has also yet to open in France, Italy, and Japan, but it will earn more in China than those three markets combined.) The film is opening well behind The Fate of the Furious in most markets, including Russia where it managed $8.20 million on 1,766 screens, compared to $14.26 million on 1,470 screens for the previous film. It was even worse in the U.K. at $7.85 million in 610 theaters vs. $17.58 million on 572. Overall, the film is more in line with Fast Five than the other recent films in the franchise. This is still enough to earn a profit, especially if it does well in China, but the spin-off won't replace the main films in the Fast and the Furious franchise like I thought it had a chance of doing. More...

International Box Office: Lion King Remains Top Dog

July 31st, 2019

The Lion King remained in first place on the international chart earning $142.8 million in 53 markets for totals of $611.9 million internationally and $962.7 million worldwide. The film's only opening this weekend was in Hong Kong, where it earned $2.0 million opening in first place. The film has yet to open in Italy and Japan, so it will have no trouble getting to $1 billion before it finishes its international run. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Once Upon a Time has a Fairy Tale Start

July 30th, 2019

It was a mixed weekend at the box office with Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood becoming Quentin Tarantino's biggest opening film in his career, but The Lion King falling much faster than expected. The overall box office was down 38% from last weekend, hitting $162 million. However, this was 4.1% more than the same weekend last year and that's a much more important result. 2019 is still behind 2018 by a 6.4% or $460 million margin at $6.73 billion to $7.19 billion, but at this point, I will celebrate any victory, no matter how small. More...

Weekend Estimates: Hollywood Can't Tame Lion King

July 28th, 2019

As expected, The Lion King is easily topping the box office chart this weekend. Unfortunately, it is doing so despite falling much faster than expected, down 61% to an estimated $75.52 million during its third weekend of release for a running tally of $350.78 million. Fortunately, it could still be on pace to reach $500 million domestically, while it earned $142.8 million internationally for totals of $611.9 million internationally and $962.7 million worldwide. It will reach $1 billion shortly, making it yet another profitable disappointment. We've had too many of those this year, but I guess it is better than having these films lose money. More...

Weekend Predictions: Once Upon a Time at the Box Office

July 25th, 2019

Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood is Quentin Tarantino's first film in four years and it is generating a ton of buzz. However, it is going up against The Lion King, which set records last weekend and has a slim chance at $100 million this weekend. Fortunately, the two films don't share much of their respective target audiences, so they shouldn't cannibalize each other at the box office too much. As a result, 2019 should easily beat the same weekend last year in the year-over-year competition. It is too soon to get excited about a potential comeback, but any victory is worth celebrating when you are this far behind. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Lion King Reigns Over July Record Book

July 23rd, 2019

The Lion King finished on the very high end of expectations opening with $191.77 million topping the previous July weekend record by well over $20 million. It also made more than the rest of the weekend box office combined, as the total weekend haul was $263 million. In fact, The Lion King made more than the entire box office made last weekend ($126 million) and this weekend last year ($172 million). Needless to say, there was strong growth both week-over-week at 109% and year-over-year at 53%. Granted, 2019 is still well back from 2018's pace, down 7.1% or $490 million at $6.44 billion compared to $6.93 billion, but at least that gap is down significantly from where it was last week. More...

Friday Estimates: Lion King Stampedes the Box Office with $78 million

July 20th, 2019

The Lion King was widely expected to be a monster hit; however, this year there have been countless potential monster hits that have missed expectations. There have been so many that I deemed it wise to be a little more pessimistic in my predictions to prevent being disappointed yet again. Turns out I didn't need to worry, as the film earned $78 million on Friday. It wasn't able to match the record for biggest July day; however, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II was the epitome of a Fanboy Film and had very short legs in theaters. The Lion King should have longer legs. Granted, its reviews won't help, but it did earn an A from CinemaScore, so it is clear its target audience are a lot happier with the film. I still don't think the legs will be great, but it should top the July weekend record with around $180 million. The industry needed this good news, and it doesn't end there, as every other film in the top five either matched or exceeded expectations. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Lion King Live Up to the Hype?

July 18th, 2019

The Lion King has the weekend to itself and it is widely expected to have one of the biggest openings of the year. This is true, despite its mixed reviews. In fact, it should earn more during its opening day than the rest of the top five will earn combined over the full weekend. It should also easily earn more than the top five earned this weekend last year, giving 2019 a rare win in the year-over-year competition. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can the New Releases Crawl to the Top?

July 11th, 2019

Last weekend, Spider-Man: Far From Home was the first pleasant surprise at the box office since Aladdin came out in May. This weekend, we have two new releases hoping to continue the pleasant surprises. Unfortunately, neither Stuber nor Crawl are expected to be big hits. In fact, they likely won't match Far From Home's sophomore stint combined. Worse still, this weekend last year, both Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Skyscraper opened with more than Stuber and Crawl are expected to open combined, meaning 2019 will lose once again in the year-over-year competition. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Spider-Man Hits a Home Run

July 9th, 2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home really brightened up the box office earning $92.58 million over the three-day weekend for a six-day opening of $185.06 million. This is one of the biggest positive surprises of the year and we desperately needed some good news after June. Toy Story 4 and Aladdin held on better than expected and the overall box office surged growing 21% from last weekend to $183 million. This is still lower than this weekend last year, but by only 2.7% and at this point, I'm willing to call that a victory. Year-to-date, 2019 did manage to close ground with 2018, thanks mostly to Far From Home's strength before the weekend. However, this year is still 8.4% or $540 million behind last year at $5.88 billion to $6.42 billion. More...

Friday Estimates: Has Spider-Man Saved the Summer?

July 6th, 2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home got off to a record-breaking performance and it has since shown better-than-expected legs by earning $32.5 million on Friday for a four-day running tally of $124 million. Because it opened on Tuesday and not Friday, the film should have a better than average internal multiplier, giving it a better than 50/50 chance of cracking $90 million over the three-day weekend. The film cost $160 million to make and it will match that domestically on Sunday. Additionally, its reviews suggest strong word-of-mouth (The CinemaScore still hasn't been released. I blame the Fourth of July holidays.) and with no direct competition for the rest of the month, it should have a long stay in theaters. It is yet another success story for the M.C.U. and enough to lift 2019 to a rare win over 2018 in the year-over-year competition. This could be a good omen going forward and perhaps we will look back at this weekend as the weekend that 2019 turned things around. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Spider-Man Snap the Streak?

July 3rd, 2019

It has been a long time since we've had a pleasant surprise at the box office. In fact, the last film to really beat expectations and earn first place was Aladdin, which came out in May. However, it appears that streak is over, as Spider-Man: Far From Home broke the record for biggest Tuesday with $39.26 million. Additionally, Midsommar earned $1.1 million during its previews, which means July should get off to a faster than expected start. Additionally, there should be some strong holds in the top five as well, with Toy Story 4, Annabelle Comes Home, and Yesterday all looking to earn more than $10 million over the three-day weekend. This weekend last year, Ant-Man and the Wasp opened with $75.81 million. Spider-Man: Far From Home could top that after its record-breaking start and the overall box office does look a little healthier as a result. More...

2019 Preview: July

July 1st, 2019

June was a disaster, with no pleasant surprises for the entire month, and a boatload of disappointments. In fact, one could argue Aladdin was the biggest hit of the month, despite it opening in May. Toy Story 4 is the biggest hit released in June, but it still missed expectations by a huge margin. In fact, so many films missed expectations by huge margins I'm rethinking my predictions for July. I still think there will be monster hits and I seriously doubt Spider-Man: Far from Home and The Lion King will bomb, but I also don't think they will reach the heights some of the tracking data suggests they will. The only other film that has a shot at $100 million is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but the overall box office is so weak that I'm no longer sure it will get there. Meanwhile, last July wasn't as strong on top with just two films topping $200 million, Mission: Impossible - Fallout and Ant-Man and the Wasp, neither of which came close to $300 million. However, last year had a lot better depth and I think that could result in 2019 merely breaking even in the year-over-year competition. More...

Home Market Releases for June 25th, 2019

June 26th, 2019

It is an absolute nightmare on the home market. There's no monster hit to talk about, but there are a mountain of new releases that are selling well enough that they could have been featured in the main list and about twice as many that could have been included in the Secondary Blu-ray release. I had to trim some of them to keep the list manageable. Unfortunately, the list of Pick of the Week contenders is rather short with just Megalobox: Season One and Frankie Drake Mysteries: Season Two, both of which are worth owning. However, the biggest and best release of the week is Captain Marvel. The screener arrived late, but I finally got the review of the Blu-ray online. That said, I'm going to award Frankie Drake Mysteries with Puck of the Week for best Canadian release. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Captain Marvel

June 25th, 2019

Captain Marvel started with two strikes against it, because it's an origin story and a prequel. There have been so many origin stories for super heroes released over the past decade plus that audiences have grown tired of them. Furthermore, prequels are difficult to do right, because it's much harder to surprise audiences. Can this film overcome these obstacles? Or should fans of the M.C.U. just wait till the sequel comes out when this character can really shine? More...

Home Market Releases for June 11th, 2019

June 12th, 2019

It is a very busy week on the home market, but like last week, there's a lot of what would be filler in a normal week. In fact, there's only one big release, Captain Marvel, which is also one of the better releases on this week's list. The only other release that was really in contention for Pick of the Week was The Mustang, but the lack of extras on the Blu-ray hurt its chances. More...

Weekend Estimates: Endgame Continues to Fall, while Pikachu has Solid Start

May 12th, 2019

If projections hold, then Avengers: Endgame will fall almost as much this weekend as it did during its second weekend, with a 57% decline taking it to $63.1 million time around, and a three-week total of $723.5 million. It is very unusual for a film to not rebound significantly during in third weekend of release. One sign of how quickly the film is dropping after its enormous opening is that it will have "only" the fourth-biggest third weekend, slipping behind Black Panther at this point in its run. More...

Daily Box Office Tracking: Endgame Sinks the Titanic

May 10th, 2019

This will be the last day Disney will be releasing daily tracking numbers early in the morning, but they picked a good day to end on. Avengers: Endgame pulled in $7.5 million on Thursday, pushing its running tally to $660.4 million and this allowed the film to pull ahead of Titanic on the all-time domestic chart. It will continue to climb that chart and should earn first place on the M.C.U. early in the weekend. More...

Daily Box Office Tracking: Endgame Causes Jurassic World to go Extinct

May 9th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame was able to overtake Jurassic World for sixth place on the all-time domestic chart on Wednesday. It did so after earning $8.3 million and pushing its running tally to $652.9 million. It is very close behind Titanic for fifth place on that chart, while it won't take much longer to reach second place on the M.C.U. More...

International Box Office: Endgame Laps the Competition

May 9th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame continued to dominate the international box office with $282.2 million in 55 markets for totals of $1.57 billion internationally and $2.19 billionh worldwide. Like last week, we've been tracking these numbers as they have been released on our page for the movie, so there's no need to go into much more detail here. I would like to point out that the film earned more in several individual markets than the second place film earned in total. This includes China ($63.83 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $572.64 million); The U.K. ($18.83 million / $91.09 million); and South Korea ($17.93 million / $80.40 million). More...

Daily Box Office Tracking: A Quiet Tuesday for Endgame

May 8th, 2019

Tuesday didn't change Avengers: Endgame box office much. It earned $12.5 million domestically for a total of $644.5 million after just 12 days of release. Its remains in third place in the M.C.U. and seventh place on the all-time domestic chart. However, while it didn't move up on Tuesday, it won't be long before it starts climbing both of those charts. More...

Daily Box Office Tracking: Endgame Just Keeps Going

May 7th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame continues its box office run scoring $10.7 million on Monday for a total of $631.9 million after 11 days of release. The film has already overtaken The Avengers for third place in the M.C.U. and it won't take long for it to overtake Infinity War. The film is in seventh place on the all-time domestic chart and it will overtake both Jurassic World and Titanic before the weekend. More...

Daily Box Office Tracking: Endgame Finishes Its First Week in 15th place Domestically

May 3rd, 2019

Avengers: Endgame finished its first week on the domestic chart by earning $21.4 million on Thursday to push its running tally to $473.8 million after just seven days of release. This is the 14th-best Thursday of all time, but a lot of the entries ahead of it are either holidays or opening days. The film is now in fourth place on the M.C.U. chart, but it will take a bit to overtake The Avengers for third place. It is in 15th place on the all time domestic chart and its chances of reaching first place will depend heavily on how well it does this weekend. If it has the same legs as Avengers: Infinity War, then it will get there. More...

Daily Box Office Tracking: Endgame Becomes Hollywood's Chinese Champion

May 2nd, 2019

Avengers: Endgame set yet another record when it earned $70.4 million on May 1st in China lifting its total to $459.4 million in that market. The film became the highest grossing western film of all time, topping the previous champion The Fate of the Furious. More...

International Box Office: Endgame isn't the Only Game in Town

May 2nd, 2019

Avengers: Endgame absolutely destroyed the international record book earning $866.5 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $1.223 billion. However, as daily readers will know, we've been tracking these numbers as they have been released, so there's no need to go into further detail here. You can see the most recent Daily Tracking here. More...

Daily Box Office Tracking: Endgame's Tuesday Box Office Lifts it Further Up the Chart

May 1st, 2019

Avengers: Endgame continued to climb the domestic chart earning $32.9 million on Tuesday. This is the biggest non-holiday, non-opening result for a Tuesday, while it placed third on the overall Tuesday chart, behind The Force Awakens and The Amazing Spider-Man. This was also enough to raise its running tally to $426.89 million, putting it in first place for the year after just five days of release. This is also enough for fifth place in the M.C.U. and 20th biggest domestic hit of all time. To emphasize, Avengers: Endgame is the 20th biggest hit on the all-time chart after just five days of release. More...

Daily Box Office Tracking: Endgame Has One Last Record Debut

April 30th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame ended its international tour opening in Russia with $7.8 million, which is the highest opening day in that market. It is also 59% higher than Avengers: Infinity War's debut last year. As impressive as this opening is, it is far from the only impressive aspect of Endgame's Monday box office. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Endgame Ends the Record Book, Practically Laps the Competition

April 29th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame was expected to break records with some high-end predictions going as high as $350 million. Its final weekend numbers actually topped the high end expectations, as it opened with $357.12 million. This is almost exactly $100 million more than the previous record, set this weekend last year by Avengers: Infinity War. In fact, it is significantly more than the previous record for an overall weekend, set a few years back by The Force Awakens et al. Needless to say, the overall box office rose considerably from last weekend, up 270% to $402 million. More importantly, this was 29% more than the same weekend last year and this one weekend put a serious dent in 2019's deficit in the year-over-year comparisons. Granted, 2019 is still behind 2018's pace by more than 11% or $420 million at $3.28 billion to $3.70 billion. I suspect May will also be a very good month in the year-over-year comparison so hopefully that gap will be more reasonable in a month's time. I don't think 2019 will catch up to 2018 any time soon, but if it can cut the deficit in raw dollars in half by the end of May, then I will be happy. More...

International Box Office: Endgame Blows Past $1 Billion in Global Debut

April 28th, 2019

A few brave souls thought Avengers: Endgame would be the first film to earn more than $1 billion during its opening weekend. If estimates hold, then it will smash past that number: Disney is projecting a global opening of $1.209 billion. This is the biggest worldwide debut of all time and the film is already the biggest worldwide hit of 2019. Internationally, the film is earning $859.0 million in 54 markets with Russia the only late release. Unsurprisingly, the film's biggest market is China at $330.5 million. Meanwhile, it is having stunning openings in the U.K. ($53.8 million) and South Korea ($47.4 million). The film will crack $30 million in both Mexico ($33.1 million) and Australia ($30.8 million), and $20 million in Germany ($26.9 million), India ($26.7 million), Brazil ($26.0 million), and France ($24.2 million). In comparison to other M.C.U. hits, the film will take just five days to top what Captain Marvel earned in eight weeks. It is currently in sixth place on the franchise chart and will top Iron Man 3 literally before it is officially Monday here. I'm not sure exactly how long Infinity War will hold out as the top earner in the M.C.U., but I do know we will be tracking its journey there. More...

Weekend Estimates: Endgame Earns $350 million in Domestic Debut

April 28th, 2019

As expected, Avengers: Endgame is dominating the weekend with an estimated $350 million. Unsurprisingly, this sets a new record for opening weekend, topping the previous champion, Avengers: Infinity War, by just close to $100 million. It is also enough to push the film into ninth place on the M.C.U. chart after just three days of release. Its international numbers are looking even better, at a jaw-dropping $859 million. More on that coming shortly… More...

Endgame Nears $500 Million Internationally in just Three Days

April 27th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame earned another $182.0 million internationally on Friday, putting its three-day running total to $487.0 million internationally, which is already more than the previous international weekend record set by The Fate of the Furious at $443 million. Worldwide, the film has already amassed $643.7 million, which is again already more than the previous record held by Infinity War at $641 million. Its international number is already more than ten installments in the M.C.U., while it is in 15th place on the M.C.U. worldwide chart. There were not many new markets left to open in, but the film did secure the single-day industry record in Mexico with $12.5 million. It "only" managed the third-biggest opening day in India with $9.0 million, but this is the best for a Hollywood film. It also had the biggest opening day for a Marvel movie in Japan. More...

Friday Estimate: Endgame Smashes Record Book

April 27th, 2019

"Hulk Smash!" is a common phrase in the comics and it's clear Avengers: Endgame is following Hulk's lead. The film pulled in $156.7 million on Friday. This not only absolutely demolishes the previous record for biggest single day at the domestic box office, it is already more than The Incredible Hulk made in its entire run. It took less than 30 hours from the start of the movie's previews to rise out of last place in the M.C.U.. This is simply stunning. Furthermore, thanks to the film's 96%-positive reviews and its unbelievable A plus from CinemaScore, it could have decent legs. Granted, it is the definition of a Fanboy film and it is clear many people rushed out to theaters to see it, but there were also so many sold out shows that even many of the hardcore fans will have to wait until Saturday or Sunday to see the movie. I would put the over / under of the weekend total at nearly $350 million, which is well above our original prediction. This is also more than over a dozen films in the M.C.U. earned domestically and it will be just days away from entering the top five for the franchise. More...

International Box Office: Endgame Already Cracks $300 million

April 26th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame hasn't even debuted in every international market it will be playing in this weekend, but that hasn't stopped it from earning $305 million internationally in just two days, according to Disney's Friday morning update. To put this into perspective, that's more than four installments in the MCU managed in total. The list of new markets includes the U.K., where it earned $15.3 million, which is not only the biggest single day in that market, but it is also 86% more than Infinity War's opening day. It wasn't quite as potent in Brazil, as its $7.0 million opening day was a mere 67% more than Infinity War, but it also set the new record for biggest single day in that market. More...

Weekend Prediction: Will Endgame Spell the End of the Record Book?

April 25th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame opens this weekend and it's overstating things only fractionally to say that nothing else at the box office matters. Endgame will earn more during its Thursday night previews than any other film will earn during the full weekend. In fact, it could earn more opening day than any other film released this April will earn in total. It's only competition is Avengers: Infinity War, which opened this weekend last year. All available evidence suggests Endgame will easily win this race and propel 2019 to a massive win in the year-over-year competition. It won't be enough to close the gap with 2018 entirely, but it will be an important step in turning 2019's box office around. More...

International Box Office: Curse is Blessed with a First Place Debut

April 24th, 2019

The Curse of La Llorona earned first place on the international chart with $29 million on 13,155 screens in 71 markets. This is excellent for a film that cost $9 million to make. However, it is also playing in nearly every major market, so it doesn't have a lot of room to grow. The film had a very strong opening in Mexico with $5.1 million on 2,432 screens, while it was equally strong in Colombia with $2.3 million on 421. It easily earned first place in both markets. On the other hand, the film struggled in France ($2.0 million on 254 screens); Spain ($1.8 million on 330 screens); and Russia ($1.1 million on 1,758). It failed to crack $1 million over the weekend in a number of major markets. It came the closest in South Korea with $905,000 on 620 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $1.25 million, while it was further behind in Italy ($852,000 on 314 screens) and Brazil ($775,000 on 561). The film opens in the U.K. and Japan in the next couple of weeks. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Curse Tops Chart, but 2019 Suffers Another Loss

April 23rd, 2019

Easter weekend gave box office watchers a few reasons to celebrate. The Curse of La Llorona topped expectations and earned first place with $26.35 million over the weekend. That's a very strong debut for this time of year. Additionally, both Shazam and Captain Marvel held on amazingly well, which bodes well for their chances against Avengers: Endgame. Overall, the box office rose 1% from last weekend to $108 million. This was 14% lower than the same weekend last year, and it wasn't Easter weekend last year. On a side note, I've seen some stories call this past weekend the worst Easter weekend in over a decade. However, this is misleading, as it was the first time Easter weekend was one weekend before the start of the Summer Blockbuster season. Avengers: Endgame opening on Friday had more to do with the weak box office than any other factor and if Endgame is as big as some box office analysts expect, then by this time next week, we will be talking about how quickly 2019 will turn things around rather than how bad 2019 has been. In the meantime, we've hopefully sunk to the low point in the year-over-year comparison, as 2019 is now behind 2018 by a $570 million or 17% margin at $2.84 billion to $3.41 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: La Llorona is the Best of the Weekend

April 21st, 2019

The Curse of La Llorona is leading the way on the weekend chart with a surprising $26.51 million. Granted, this is the weakest opening in the The Conjuring franchise, while its reviews and B minus from CinemaScore suggest short legs. Also, Avengers: Endgame opens in just a handful of days, so it will be pushed into the smallest screens in most multiplexes very soon. That said, the film reportedly only cost $9 million to make and < HREF="https://www.the-numbers.com/market/distributor/Warner-Bros">Warner Bros.' share of the opening weekend will be close to double that. Internationally, the film is opening even better with an estimated $30 million debut. On the downside, it is playing in 71 markets already, so it has very few major markets left to open in. More...

International Box Office: Shazam Flies Higher than Dumbo

April 17th, 2019

Shazam remained in first place on the international chart, despite not opening in any new markets, major or otherwise. This caused it to fall to $35.3 million on 24,633 screens in 79 markets lifting its totals to internationally and $258.4 million worldwide. The film fell 84% in China down to $4.79 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $40.30 million. It held on better in the U.K., down 47% to $2.83 million in 611 theaters for a two-week total of $11.65 million. The film's last major market is Japan and it opens there this week. If it does well there, then it will have no trouble crossing $400 million worldwide, which is a great run for a film that cost $85 million to make. More...

International Box Office: Shazam Hits Century Mark During Opening Weekend

April 11th, 2019

Shazam stormed to the top of the international chart with an opening weekend haul of $102.3 million on over 40,000 screens in 79 markets. The film's biggest market was unsurprisingly China, where it earned second place with $30.4 million on 20,939 screens. The film earned first place in a quartet of major markets. This includes Mexico ($5.8 million on 2,669 screens); the U.K. ($5.3 million on 1,533); Russia ($5.2 million on 3,072 screens); and Brazil ($5.1 million on 1,509 screens). This is a great start, especially for a film that "only" cost $85 million to make. However, there's some bad news here. There's almost no where left to open, as its only other major market debut is in Japan on the 19th of April. More...

Friday Estimates: Shazam's Shockingly Strong Start

April 6th, 2019

Shazam was able to take full advantage of its impressive previews, and its $20.5 million Friday debut should be enough to carry it above our initial prediction. Its reviews remain above 90% positive and it earned an A from CinemaScore. Furthermore, its a hit with families, so that should also help its legs over the rest of the weekend and beyond. As for the film's international debut, it is almost as impressive, as the film earned $29.2 million on Friday for a three-day total of $44.0 million in 79 markets. It is not doing as well as it is here, at least relative to the sizes of the markets, but this is still a fantastic start for a film that cost $85 million to make. If there isn't already a sequel in the works, there will be one shortly. More...

International Box Office: Dumbo's International Flight

April 3rd, 2019

Dumbo opened in first place with $71.0 million in 53 markets during its opening weekend on the international chart. This is about as good as its debut here. The film's biggest market was China, but it only made $10.75 million during its opening weekend there. It did relatively better in the U.K. and in Mexico. The film earned first place in both markets with $7.92 million in 666 theaters and $7.71 million respectively. There are no more major markets for the film to open in, so it will have to rely on long legs to break even any time soon. More...

2019 Preview: April

April 1st, 2019

March was a good month at the box office with most films beating expectations. The biggest hit was Captain Marvel, which is still on pace for $400 million domestically and may have crossed $1 billion worldwide by the time you read this. The biggest "miss" was Dumbo, but it is still going to top $100 million domestically with ease. This month, it is a battle between Avengers: Endgame and last year's Infinity War. To be fair, A Quiet Place got last April off to a very fast start and Shazam! should do the same this year, so there will be more than one potential box office hit to talk about. That said, Endgame will almost certainly open with more than any other April release earns in total and if 2019 is going to cut into its deficit with 2018, it will be on the back of that one film. More...

International Box Office: Captain Marvel Nears $1 Billion Mark

March 28th, 2019

Captain Marvel completed the threepeat earning first place on the international chart for the third weekend in a row. It managed $52.1 million in 54 markets over the weekend for totals of $588.8 million internationally and $909.5 million worldwide. The film will have no trouble becoming the seventh installment in the MCU to reach $1 billion worldwide, but it likely won't rise any higher on the franchise chart. More...

Weekend Estimates: Us Appeals to a lot of us with $70 Million Opening

March 24th, 2019

Us made the most of its opening weekend with an estimated debut of $70.25 million, which is much higher than even the high end of expectations. If this opening holds, it would be the tenth-biggest March opening, but that's a big if. It's just behind 300 and just ahead of The Lorax, so I expect it to change a spot when Monday's final numbers are released. The film should have reasonable legs going forward, as its reviews are a major asset, while it earned a B from CinemaScore, which is a good result for a horror film. Internationally, the film is opening ahead of Get Out, but far behind its domestic debut with an estimated $16.7 million in 47 markets. This includes the U.K., where it earned $3.7 million during its opening weekend. However, it only cracked $1 million in three other markets: France ($2 million); Germany ($1.4 million); and Spain ($1.2 million). More...

Friday Estimates: Us Ends Captain Marvel's Run on Top with $29 million

March 23rd, 2019

Us topped expectations, and even beat Friday's revisions, with an opening day of $29.06 million on Friday. Universal is projecting an opening weekend of $67 million after this result; however, studios tend to lowball these projections, so there's a good chance it'll do even better. That said, it would be wise to treat the movie like a horror sequel when it comes to predicting its legs. Granted, its reviews are more than 90% positive, and it earned a B from CinemaScore. That might seem low, but it is actually quite strong for a horror film. More...

Weekend Predictions: Us will be Lonely at the Top

March 21st, 2019

Us is the only wide release of the week and it should easily earn top spot on the box office chart. It won't dominate the box office chart, as Captain Marvel should still be a powerful draw this weekend. Unfortunately, there will be a huge gap between those two films and the rest of the box office, as no other movie is expected to crack $10 million at the box office. Fortunately, this weekend last year wasn't particularly strong. Granted, there were five films that earned more than $10 million over the weekend, but the best, Pacific Rim: Uprising, only managed $28.12 million. There's a chance the top two films this year will earn more than the top five did last year, giving 2019 only its third win of the year so far. It would also be its third win in a row. More...

International Box Office: Captain Marvel Hits $750 million Worldwide in Two Weeks

March 20th, 2019

Captain Marvel continued to dominated the competition earning first place on the international chart with $119.7 million in 54 markets for totals of $494.0 million internationally and $758.9 million worldwide. This is already ahead of 10 previous installments in the MCU. The film opened in its last market, Japan, earning first place with $5.6 million. It also earned $23.83 million in China for a two-week total of $131.84 million. This is down by 72% from its opening weekend, which is a sharp decline, even for China, but not a disaster. The film held on better in the rest of the international markets; in fact, on average, it held on better than it did here. This puts $1 billion worldwide within reach, likely by next week, and it might even reach the top five for the MCU. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

March 18th, 2019

Before Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse was released, there was some trepidation among the fans. It wasn't connected to the MCU and Sony's non-MCU Spider-Man offerings have been weak to awful. However, the film earned stunning reviews and even went on to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Is it as good as this? Or was it praised because it topped low, low expectations by such a large degree? More...

Weekend Estimates: Captain Marvel Continues to Fly High, Most New Releases Open Strong

March 17th, 2019

Captain Marvel will remain in top spot on the weekend chart with an estimated $69.32 million, giving it a two-week total of $266.21 million. This is higher than predicted and a 55% decline bodes well for its future. It is already ahead of the lifetime domestic totals of eight previous installments in the MCU and it will quickly rise into the top ten. Internationally, the film added $119.7 million to its running tally, which now sits at $494.0 million, while its worldwide total rose to $760.2 million. Yesterday, I said the film could be in the top ten for the MCU. If these estimates hold, it will miss that mark by about $10 million. In fact, given its holds this weekend, it has a pathway to enter the top five. The film's only, and last, new international opening was Japan. There the film's estimated weekend opening was $5.6 million, which was the highest opening for a standalone film in the MCU. Meanwhile, outside of China, the film held on even better than it did domestically. China tends to be a very front-loaded market, but the film held on well enough there to get to $132.0 million after just two weeks, making it the fourth highest grossing film in the MCU already. It is even better in Indonesia where its two week total of $16.1 million is the fourth highest total of all-time. We will have more details on the international numbers later in the week. More...

Friday Estimates: Captain Marvel Hits $200 million Domestically and $600 million Worldwide

March 16th, 2019

Captain Marvel held on a little better than expected to earn $19.05 million on Friday, which pushes it past the $200 million mark in just 8 days. This is 69% lower than its opening Friday, but is still a fantastic start to its sophomore weekend. In fact, it should top our prediction with $68 million over the full weekend for a two week total of nearly $265 million. Disney hasn't released Friday's international numbers, but it is widely expected to top $400 million internationally and $600 million worldwide. The film has already surpassed five previous installments in the MCU on the worldwide chart and did so in just eight days. By the end of the weekend, it could be in the top ten for the franchise. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Captain Marvel Give the New Releases Room to Breathe?

March 15th, 2019

Captain Marvel will undoubetedly dominate the box office again this weekend with some thinking it will avoid a 50% drop-off. I think that is overly optimistic, but there are some good signs. This includes a lack of top-notch new releases. Wonder Park is the biggest new release, at least in terms of theater count, but it also has the worst reviews of the three wide releases. Five Feet Apart has better reviews, but they can best be described as mixed. Meanwhile, Captive State still has barely any reviews and its buzz is so quiet that it might not top the Mendoza Line. Finally, some sources have Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase opening wide, but that isn't happening. That's too bad, because if it were opening wide, it would have the best reviews of the weekend. This weekend last year, Black Panther completed its month at the top of the chart, while Tomb Raider was the best new releases. Those two films earned almost exactly $50 million combined, which Captain Marvel will top by itself, leading 2019 to the victory in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Captain Marvel Cracks $150 million During Debut

March 12th, 2019

That burst of hot air you feel is box office analysts and movie executives breathing a sigh of relief as 2019 finally has its first win in the year-over-year comparison. Captain Marvel beat expectations earning $153.43 million over the weekend. This is more than the entire box office earned last weekend, helping the box office grow 85% week-over-week to $209 million. The year-over-year growth wasn't as explosive, but this was still 51% more than the same weekend last year. 2019 is still way behind 2018, $480 million or 22% to be more precise at $1.75 billion to $2.23 billion. However, this gap is about 10% smaller than it was this time last week, so while 2019 has a long, long way to go to catch up to 2018, it at least looks like it is possible instead of just wishful thinking. More...

Weekend Estimates: Captain Marvel Starts Higher. Further. Faster.

March 10th, 2019

Captain Marvel is opening with $153.0 million over the weekend, according to Disney's estimate. This is on the high end of the studio's projections based on Friday's estimates. Additionally, it is more than the entire box office pulled in this weekend last year, as well as the third biggest March opening and the seventh biggest opening in the MCU. The film is already the biggest domestic hit of 2019 and the fifth-biggest hit worldwide. Its legs should be relatively long for a blockbuster, as it earned certified fresh reviews and a solid A from CinemaScore. More...

Friday Estimates: Captain Marvel Sets 2019 Weekend Record in One Day

March 9th, 2019

It took just one day for Captain Marvel to set the record for biggest 2019 weekend, as it dominated the chart with $61.38 million. In fact, it is already in sixth place on the 2019 domestic chart, just behind Alita: Battle Angel. The reviews are on the lower end of the MCU average, but that says more about the high quality of the MCU than the low quality of the film, as its Tomatometer Score is 79% positive. The audience reactions are even more positive; Disney released its CinemaScore and it is a solid A. The film should have no trouble topping our prediction with Disney projecting a $145 million to $155 million weekend. I think they are being a little conservative here, but we will see tomorrow when the weekend estimates show up. More...

Thursday Night Previews: $20.7 million Debut for Captain Marvel

March 8th, 2019

Captain Marvel earned $20.7 million during its Thursday previews, which is easily the best of the year so far. This is nearly double Wonder Woman's start and enough for fifth best in the MCU. It isn't too far back from the $25.2 million Black Panther managed last year, although previews for this film started at 6 pm rather than 7 pm. I'm a little concerned about the film's legs. Its reviews are great for a potential blockbuster, but below those earned by Black Panther, Wonder Woman, etc. Additionally, I think this film has a stronger Fangirl Effect in play and that will shorten its legs. On the positive side, Spring Break is starting for a significant number of students, so that should help its legs somewhat. That said, it would have to have really short legs for the film to not top our $140 million prediction. We will have a better idea where it's going tomorrow when the Friday Estimates come in. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Captain Marvel have a Marvelous Start?

March 7th, 2019

This should easily be the best weekend of 2019 as Captain Marvel is widely expected to become the biggest domestic hit of 2019 and it should take just three days to get there. It could take just two days to get there. This film has no competition, at least when it comes to this year. However, the main competition is Black Panther, A Wrinkle in Time, and the rest of the box office from this weekend last year. Those films pulled in $139 million and hopefully Captain Marvel will top that by itself. More...

2019 Preview: March

March 1st, 2019

2019 has been terrible so far and by the end of February, will be about half a billion dollars behind 2018's pace. March should be the first step in 2019's attempt to recover from this hole it has dug for itself. Captain Marvel will be the biggest film of the year so far and tracking has it opening with more than $100 million during the second weekend of March. While that film is undoubtedly going to become the biggest hit of the month, it isn't the only potential hit opening in March, as both Us and Dumbo are expected to earn $100 million domestically; Dumbo might even top $200 million domestically. As for last March, there were only two films that hit $100 million, A Wrinkle in Time and Ready Player One, and neither of them came close to $200 million. There's a slim chance this March will be better than last year, even if we ignore Captain Marvel. We could cut the deficit in half by the end of the month, if everything goes well. Then again, if everything went well during the first two months of the year, we wouldn't be in such a deep hole at this point. More...

2018 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - First-Run Releases and Franchise Box Sets

November 19th, 2018

It's Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases and franchise box sets as well. Unfortunately, 2018 has not been a good year for blockbusters for any studio not named Disney. In order to be on this list, a film has to be a major release, earn critical praise, and be on out DVD / Blu-ray and that's a really short list this year. For example, Universal is the second best studio this year in terms of total domestic box office, but they've only released one film that has earned $100 million and overwhelmingly positive reviews. That film, Halloween doesn't come out on DVD / Blu-ray till January. Most of the rest of the big six are lucky to have more than one entry on this week's list. More...

Home Market Releases for October 16th, 2018

October 16th, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp is coming out on DVD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack this week and it is scaring away most of the competition. Fortunately, it is also an amazing movie and a Contender for Pick of the Week. It isn't the only contender, as both Mamoru Hosoda Movie Collection (Blu-ray) and Whitney (DVD or Blu-ray) were in the race. However, in the end, I went with Ant-Man and the Wasp. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp

October 15th, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp is the second film in the Ant-Man franchise and the 20th film in the MCU. I liked the first film more than the average critic, because I'm a huge fan of heist movies. This film won't have the same heist angle, so will it not work with me as much? More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Venom Take Down October's Record?

October 4th, 2018

The first weekend of October could see records fall, as most have Venom opening with between $60 million and $70 million. The movie with the line "Turd in the wind" in its trailer is expected to open better than Gravity did. On the other hand, A Star is Born is expected to open in second place, but have much, much longer legs and I believe it will be the bigger hit in the end. Both Night School and Smallfoot will earn more than $10 million over the weekend, which will help the overall box office performance. This weekend last year, Blade Runner 2049 opened with $32.75 million, while only one other film earned more than $10 million. Even on the low end, Venom will earn more than those two films combined. On the high end, it could match last year's top five by itself. More...

International Box Office: Ant-Man has a Giant-Sized Chinese Debut

August 29th, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp jumped into first place on the international chart earning $71.2 million in 28 markets for totals of $332.6 million internationally and $544.1 million worldwide. This past weekend, the film debuted in first place in China with $66.62 million over the weekend for a total opening of $68.14 million. This is the fourth biggest opening for the MCU in that market and 66% more than the original opened with. The film opens in Japan, its final market, next weekend. It should get to $600 million worldwide shortly after it debuts there. More...

Home Market Releases for August 14th, 2018

August 15th, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War comes out on DVD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack this week and it is scaring away most of the competition. That's not to say there's nothing else worth picking up. For example, Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami isn't selling well enough to make the list, but the Blu-ray is certainly worth owning. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Avengers: Infinity War

August 14th, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War and its still unnamed sequel are the culmination of ten years of the MCU. This is a massive undertaking, even more so than the first Avengers movie, and with the MCU's outstanding track record with critics and moviegoers alike, expectations couldn't be higher. Can the movie possibly live up to expectations? Or was it destined to disappoint? More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Avengers: Infinity War - Spoiler / Detail Free Review

August 14th, 2018

Like we did with The Force Awakens, we are going to do a spoiler-free, detail-free review for Avengers: Infinity War. In other words, we are going to rate all of the movies in the MCU to see where Infinity War and the rest fit into place. More...

International Box Office: Over $100 million for Mr. Billion

August 1st, 2018

Hello Mr. Billionaire, a Chinese remake of Brewster's Millions, opened in first place in China and the international market with $132.26 million. That's more than 800 million in the local currency, while it took just one more day to live up to its name and reach 1 billion Yen in revenue. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Equalizer 2 Also has no Equal

July 23rd, 2018

The Equalizer 2 was the surprise winner at the weekend box office chart with $36.01 million over the weekend, which put it just ahead of the $34.95 million earned by Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! The overall box office topped expectations with $171 million, up 2.7% from last week. This is 5.1% lower than the same weekend last year, but this is better than expected. Also, 2018 is still ahead of 2017 by a sizable margin of $560 million / 8.8% at $6.98 billion to $6.42 billion. Again, if 2018 just maintains the raw dollar margin for the rest of the year, it will be a reason to celebrate. More...

Weekend Estimates: Transylvania Triumphant, Skyscraper Sinks

July 15th, 2018

It was not a close race at the box office this weekend, as Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation topped expectations and Skyscraper did not. Transylvania 3 will open with a projected $44.1 million over the weekend for a total opening of $45.4 million, including June 30th's special showings. This is average for the franchise, as is its reviews and A minus CinemaScore. The film will have no trouble earning enough to cover its $65 million production budget domestically. Meanwhile, the film opened with $46.4 million on 12,600 screens in 442 markets internationally, representing just under half of the total international marketplace. Its biggest market was Mexico, where it earned $8.6 million, while it was also impressive in Russia with $5.8 million. Its only holdover is Australia, where it added $2.4 million to its running tally, which sits at $10.2 million after three weeks of release. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Transylvania have a Buoyant Vacation? Or can Skyscraper Stand Tall?

July 12th, 2018

There should be a close race at the top of the box office this weekend, as both Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Skyscraper have a real shot at $40 million over the weekend. In fact, there's a good chance both films will earn first place at least one day over the weekend. Meanwhile, Ant-Man and the Wasp will be pushed into third place, but will still be a solid box office performer. It's this depth that is key, because the top two films from this weekend last year, War for the Planet of the Apes and Spider-Man: Homecoming, both earned more than either of the two new releases this year are expected to earn. 2018 is weak at the top, but the depth gives the weekend a great shot at coming out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ant-Man Remains one of the Smaller MCU Hits

July 10th, 2018

The two biggest releases of the weekend couldn't quite match expectations, while the two big holdovers weren't able compensate, resulting in a rare loss for 2018. Ant-Man and the Wasp still had an excellent opening with $75.81 million over the weekend, the seventh-best opening weekend of the year. The First Purge started out well on Wednesday, but slipped below the pace needed to match predictions by the weekend. That said, the overall weekend haul was still impressive at $188 million, which is 5.8% higher than last weekend. Granted, it is 8.7% lower than the same weekend last year, but Spider-Man: Homecoming opened with $117.03 million, so this is still a good result. Furthermore, 2018 remains ahead of 2017 by a substantial amount: $570 million, or 9.6%, at $6.47 billion to $5.90 billion. If the year ended with a lead of $570 million, we would be very happy. More...

Friday Estimates: Wasp Towers Above the Competition

July 7th, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp dominated the box office on Friday with $33.80 million. This is about $1 million less than we would have liked to have seen after its Thursday previews, but still above our earlier prediction. Its reviews are 86% positive, and it earned an A minus from CinemaScore, which is good for a blockbuster, but I was expecting an A like the original Ant-Man earned and it is below average for the MCU. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the Wasp Help Ant-Man Grow at the Box Office?

July 5th, 2018

It's technically the July 4th Weekend, although July 4th was yesterday. This is a good weekend to release a film and Ant-Man and the Wasp is looking to take advantage of the holiday. Meanwhile, The First Purge already started its run with $2.5 million in previews. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Incredibles 2 will continue to be a major presence at the box office. This weekend last year, Spider-Man: Homecoming opened with $117.03 million. There's no way Ant-Man and the Wasp is going to match that. It's highly unlikely Ant-Man and the Wasp and The First Purge combined will match that. The depth this year is a little better, but I think 2018 will lose in the year-over-year comparison. Hopefully it will be close. More...

2018 Preview: July

July 1st, 2018

June was amazing, with two absolute monster hits and a solid $100 million hit. By the end of the month, 2018's lead over 2017 will be well over $500 million, or close to 10%. Even if 2018 only managed to maintain this lead in terms of raw numbers for the rest of the year, it will be a massive jump at the box office. As for July, there are a couple of potential monster hits, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Mission: Impossible—Fallout, plus four potential $100 million hits. Last July, there was only one monster hit, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and three $100 million hits. I don't think 2018 will match 2017 at the top, but 2018 appears to have more depth and that should put it a little ahead over the full month. More...

2018 Preview: June

June 1st, 2018

This May was an odd month, as Avengers: Infinity War opened on the last weekend of April, rather than the first weekend of May. This meant May started out slowly, but Deadpool 2 and Solo: A Star Wars Story did well enough to give 2018 a healthy lead over 2017. Looking forward, there are two potential monster hits this month, Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and another $100 million hit, Ocean's 8. Last June, there were four $100 million hits, led by Wonder Woman, which pulled in over $400 million. I think 2018 and 2017 will be an even match at the top, so 2018 will have to rely on depth to improve upon its lead over 2017. More...

Weekend Estimates: Solo Opens Lower than Expected with $101 million, Still Dominates Competition

May 27th, 2018

Solo: A Star Wars Story opened with an estimated $83 million / $101 million over the three-day / four-day weekend. It had the best Memorial Day long weekend since 2014, when X-Men: Days of Future Past opened with $111 million over four days. In fact, this result is the fourth best Memorial Day long weekend opening in the past decade. That said, it was much lower than expected and some are calling it a box office failure. That's complicated. The film was originally going to cost $150 million to make, making it the cheapest installment in the new Star Wars franchise. However, they reportedly had to reshoot 70% of the movie, which lifted the price to $250 million. The box office needed to break even during the film's initial push into the home market rose from about $500 million to $650 million. And with an initial international debut of $65.0 million in 54 markets, this film is just not going to get there. The unending talk of behind-the-scenes trouble seems to have hurt the film's box office chances and even its good reviews and its A minus from CinemaScore won't be enough to turn things around. That said, it is far from a complete disaster and the franchise will continue, although it might be wise for Disney to not release so many installments in the franchise so quickly. Three in 18 months is a bit too much. This isn't the MCU. More...

International Box Office: Avengers Win War in China with over $200 million

May 15th, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War became the second fastest film to opened in China earning $190.68 million over the weekend for a total opening of $200.02 million, including previews. This is the highest ever opening in terms of American currency. In local currency, The Fate of the Furious still holds the record at RMB1.352 billion to RMB1.266 billion. Overall, Infinity War earned $281.3 million in 55 markets for totals of $1.059 billion internationally and $1.607 billion worldwide. It became the first film in the MCU to reach $1 billion internationally and it is already the highest grossing film in the franchise worldwide. It is in fifth place on the all-time international chart and will be in third place by this time next week. Meanwhile, it is also in fifth place on the worldwide chart and is aiming for third place there as well, although it will take a little while longer to get there. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Infinity War Helps 2018 Take on Guardians

May 15th, 2018

The weekend was better than expected, for the most part. All of the holdovers, including the number one film, Avengers: Infinity War, held on better than we predicted, while one of the two new releases also opened faster. Life of the Party was the only film in the top five that didn't beat expectations. Overall, the box office still slipped 19% from last week, down to $137 million. However, this is 1.2% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2018 maintains a strong 5.2% / $210 million lead over 2017 at $4.24 billion to $4.03 billion. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Infinity Tops Charts, can't Quite Match Guardians Debut

May 8th, 2018

It was a relatively good weekend at the box office with every film in the top five matching or beating expectations. This includes Avengers: Infinity War, which had the second best second weekend of all time, earning $114.77 million. Overall, the box office fell 46% from last weekend, but $169 million is still a good total. It is 13% lower than the same weekend last year, but it had to go up against Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 opening weekend, so being this close is actually a positive result. Year-to-date, 2018 has pulled in $4.05 billion, which is 5.6% or $220 million higher than last year's pace. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Black Panther

May 7th, 2018

Black Panther was expected to be a hit; after all, it's part of the MCU. However, almost no one was expecting it to become the biggest hit in the MCU. It is also considered the best film in the MCU by a lot of people. Am I one of them? If not, where does it fit? More...

Thursday Night Previews: Overboard Overtakes Latin Lover (Plus Infinity War Update)

May 4th, 2018

Overboard opened with $675,000 during its previews last night. This is 50% higher than the $450,000 How to Be a Latin Lover managed during its previews. However, that film earned better reviews than Overboard is earning, so it likely won't have as good legs. It should still top our $12 million prediction, barely. $13 million to $14 million is now more likely. More...

Weekend Predictions: How Badly will Infinity War Beat the New Releases?

May 3rd, 2018

Last weekend, Infinity War destroyed the weekend record. This weekend, there are three new releases that are just hoping to not get embarrassed. Overboard is the biggest film in terms of buzz, but the buzz isn't good, to be kind. Tully is the smallest film in terms of theater count, but its reviews are stellar and it has a shot at the top five. Bad Samaritan's early reviews, are good, but its buzz is so quiet that it will likely bomb in theaters. This weekend last year, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 opened with $146.51 million. There's almost no chance 2018 will match last year's performance. Thanks to Infinity War's record-breaking opening, 2018 should be relatively close. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Infinity War Opened as Close to Infinity as Any Film

April 30th, 2018

Infinity War was expected to dominate the box office over the weekend. However, not a lot of people thought it would break the all-time record, but it did. Not only did it break the record, it smashed it, topping The Force Awakens by nearly $10 million at $257.70 million. The MCU now has six of the top ten openings of all-time. Remember, when Disney bought Marvel for $4 billion, a lot of people thought they overpaid. Disney's share of just the domestic box office numbers is close to $4 billion at this point. The overall box office rose 150% from last weekend to $312 million. This is within a rounding error of the record and we might get there as smaller studios report their numbers later in the week. This is 212% higher than the same weekend last year; granted, this is because summer started a week early this year. Year-to-date, 2018 has retaken the lead by $140 million or 4.0% at $3.78 billion to $3.64 billion. However, and this is important, this is a misleading number, because summer started a week early this year. I would wait till Deadpool 2 comes out to judge the year-to-date numbers. It will take that long for Infinity War coming out a week early to fully balance out. You will probably make solid judgments before then, but I think it is wise to be a little cautious. More...

Weekend Estimates: Infinity War Smashes Opening Weekend Record

April 29th, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War will smash the all-time opening weekend record this weekend with a sensational $250 million domestically and $380 million internationally, according to Disney's Sunday morning projections. After $106 million on Friday, the studio estimates the film had the biggest Saturday of all time, with $83 million, and is projecting an all-time-best $61 million on Sunday. More...

Infinity War Starts Faster than any MCU Film to Date (Previews and International Numbers)

April 27th, 2018

Infinity War was widely expected to destroy the previous MCU record for previews. Age of Ultron held the previous record at $27.6 million and Infinity War destroyed that record with $39 million. This is not only the best previews in the MCU, it is the fourth best previews of all time. Only The Force Awakens at $57 million and The Last Jedi at $45 million and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II at $43.5 million beat it. The film's reviews suggest it could have long legs; however, there's also a chance the film has an Empire Strikes Back problem. It definitely feels like the second part of a trilogy for reasons I'm still not comfortable saying. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Avengers go to Infinity?

April 26th, 2018

Infinity War. Do I need to say more? Infinity War is easily the most anticipated movie of the year, and some argue the most anticipated film in the past few years. There's even talk that it will have the best three-day opening of all time. This weekend last year, The Fate of the Furious earned its third first place result with just under $20 million. Infinity War could make twice that during its midnight previews. It will make more than the entire box office made last year. More...

Weekend Predictions: The Quiet Before the Storm

April 19th, 2018

There are two wide releases this week, I Feel Pretty and Super Troopers 2, as well as a semi-wide release that has a shot at the top ten, Traffik. However, most analysts think A Quiet Place will return to first place on the box office chart. Meanwhile, Infinity War opens next week and that's all most moviegoers are talking about and this will likely really hurt this week's box office. This weekend last year, The Fate of the Furious remained on top with $38 million, while the top three films combined earned $60 million. I don't think 2018 will be able to match that, but it should be close. More...

Weekend Estimates: Rampage Squeaks Out a Win

April 15th, 2018

Rampage isn't exactly living up to its name this weekend, as it heads for a $34.5 million debut—just enough to keep A Quiet Place in second place, with $32.6 million in its second outing (down a very respectable 35% from its debut). As might be expected, international markets are proving friendlier to Rampage than the US and Canada, and it's off to a healthy $114.1 million start in 61 territories, according to Warner Bros.' Sunday morning estimate. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will April Have a Quiet Start?

April 5th, 2018

There are only two wide releases this week, A Quiet Place and Blockers, both of which are expected to be midlevel hits. There are also two films opening semi-wide, Chappaquiddick and The Miracle Season, neither of which are expected to open in the top five. This weekend last year, The Boss Baby led the way with $26.36 million during its second weekend of release. A Quiet Place could top that, but even if it does, last year's depth will probably keep 2017 behind 2018 in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ready Player One Solid On Debut

April 1st, 2018

The gulf between blockbusters and also-rans could hardly be starker these days. Since the release of Black Panther to a whopping $202 million on February 16, three movies that could have caught the general public's imagination have arrived on the scene, and earned somewhere between a fifth and a seventh of that on opening weekend. Ready Player One is the most successful among them, with an opening of $41.2 million predicted by Warner Bros. as of this morning. That compares favorably to the openings of A Wrinkle in Time (which started out with $33.1 million), and Pacific Rim: Uprising ($28.1 million), and is, in fact, the best weekend in 2018 for a movie not called Black Panther, but it barely starts to chip away at considerable marketing costs, let alone a reported $150 million production budget. More...

2018 Preview: April

April 1st, 2018

Well, March has ended and it was a very disappointing month. Black Panther made more than any of the new releases did. The only potential big hit that didn't miss expectations was Ready Player One. Because of this, 2018 lost its lead over 2017 and is now over $100 million behind last year's pace. April is usually a terrible month, because it is a dumping ground, especially late in the month. No studio wants to compete with the first monster hit of the Summer. This year, the first monster hit of the summer, Avengers: Infinity War, opens in April. It will make more during its opening weekend than any other April release will make in total. It might make more opening day than any other April release will make in total. The only film that has a real chance to earn more than $100 million is Rampage, a video game adaptation. Last April, The Fate of the Furious earned more than $1.2 billion worldwide, but "only" earned $225.76 million of that domestically. Infinity War should earn more than that opening weekend. The second biggest hit of last April was Smurfs: The Lost Village and Going in Style, both of which earned $45.02 million. If 2018 doesn't retake the lead by the end of the month, then 2018 is in trouble at the box office. More...

International Box Office: Uprising Starts Out on Up with $122.4 million

March 28th, 2018

Pacific Rim: Uprising easily earned first place on the international chart with $122.4 million in 61 markets during its opening weekend. The film earned first place in China with $63.80 million over the weekend for a total opening of $65.19 million including previews. There were two markets who could claim second place: Russia and South Korea. In Russia, the film earned $6.76 million on 1,538 screens. Meanwhile in South Korea, it opened with $5.27 million on 1,143 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $6.80 million. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Uprising Wins, but Falls Compared to Original

March 27th, 2018

Pacific Rim: Uprising opened in first place over the weekend. In fact, it opened better than expected with $28.12 million. Unfortunately, that's nowhere near enough compared to its production budget, so it will need international numbers to thrive. Black Panther was finally removed from top spot, but it also held on better than expected with $17.10 million. As for the rest of the new releases, they ranged from serious disappointments like Sherlock Gnomes and Paul, Apostle of Christ, to complete bombs like Midnight Sun and Unsane. The overall box office slipped just 2.0% from last week earning $129 million. However, this is 36% lower than the same weekend last year. 2018's lead has completely evaporated and it is now $60 million or $2.1% behind 2017's pace at $2.64 billion to $2.69 billion. I don't see that improving this coming weekend. More...

Weekend Estimates: Pacific Rim Leads Weak Field of Openers

March 25th, 2018

Black Panther's run at the top of the domestic chart will finally come to an end this weekend, with Pacific Rim: Uprising taking over as the most popular film in the US and Canada. The switch over is mostly due to Panther beginning to run out of steam, rather than Uprising showing any particular strength though. Universal's sci-fi action movie will pick up $28.005 million over its opening weekend in North America, about in line with expectations, but disappointing for a film that cost $150 million to make. Overseas markets, particularly in Asia, are where the box office action is at for this one. More...

Friday Estimates: Pacific Rim Rises to Meet Expectations

March 24th, 2018

As expected, Pacific Rim: Uprising earned first place on Friday. In fact, its opening day box office of $10.36 million is actually a little better than expected and it is on pace for a $26 million opening weekend. Granted, this is a terrible opening compared to the film's production budget, which is reportedly in the $155 million to $175 million range. Neither its reviews, nor its B-rating from CinemaScore will help its legs, but this film was never made to win over domestic audiences. It was made to shine in Asia, specifically China. It is too soon to tell for sure if that's a viable strategy, or if Universal is going to have to suck up massive losses. Based on Friday numbers, the studio is predicting a $65 million opening weekend China alone and a $120.5 million international debut. That's obviously better than here, but the film will need at least $400 million internationally to break even any time soon. More...

International Box Office: Tomb Raider Steals Top Spot with $87.2 million

March 21st, 2018

Tomb Raider roared into first place on the international chart earning $87.2 million on 33,290 screens in 65 markets for an early total of $105.2 million. The film's biggest single market was China, where it opened in first place with $40.79 million on 15,640 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $41.26 million. The film's second best opening was in the U.K. at $4.29 million in 585 theaters. The only other market where the film opened with more than $4 million was Russia with $4.11 million on 1,457 screens. The film debuted in first place in all three markets and is in a good position to break even early in its home market run. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up

March 20th, 2018

As predicted, Black Panther remained in first place on the weekend chart. Tomb Raider had an okay opening in second place, while I Can Only Imagine was the biggest positive surprise of the weekend. Love, Simon had a solid opening, especially compared to its production budget. The less said about 7 Days in Entebbe, the better. Overall, the weekend box office was down 4.8% from last weekend to just $132 million. This is 49% lower than this weekend last year. A 49% decline usually only happens when there is a misalignment in holidays, but in this case it's due to Beauty and the Beast's debut. 2018 is still ahead of 2017, albeit by a fraction of last week's lead at just $66 million or 2.8%. In fact, with a margin of just $2.46 billion to $2.39 billion, it is very likely 2018 will lose its lead before the next weekend begins. More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther Powers Past Tomb Raider

March 18th, 2018

A spirited opening by Tomb Raider won't be quite enough to knock Black Panther off its perch at the top of the domestic box office chart this weekend. The final numbers will be close: Raider is predicted to earn $23.52 million by Warner Bros., while Disney has Panther coming in with $27.024 million. If the numbers hold (and it would be a huge surprise if they don't), Black Panther will become the first film since Avatar to spend its first five weekends at the top of the chart. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Raider Capture Top Spot?

March 15th, 2018

Another week and another film trying to dethrone Black Panther. This week, it's Tomb Raider's chance to finally remove Black Panther from first place on the weekend chart. I don't like its chances. The only other truly wide release of the week is Love, Simon, which should have a solid, but not spectacular opening. There are two other films with a shot at earning a spot in the top ten: I Can Only Imagine and 7 Days in Entebbe. This weekend last year, Beauty and the Beast opened with nearly $175 million. That's more than the entire box office is going to earn this weekend. 2018 is going to get crushed. More...

International Box Office: Black Panther Final Earns Top Spot With $100.0 million

March 14th, 2018

For the first time, Black Panther earned first place on the international chart, adding $100.0 million in 57 markets to its totals, which now sit at $516,600,000 internationally and $1.078 billion worldwide. It became just the 33rd film to reach $1 billion worldwide and by Tuesday was in the top 20 of all time. Additionally, it is now in fifth place in the MCU and will be in a close fight for third place by the end of the weekend. I'm more bullish that I was last weekend, because the film was a hit in China earning $65.07 million. This is about on par with Thor: Ragnarok and Spider-Man: Homecoming, meaning the film is on pace to hit $1.3 billion worldwide More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Black Panther and Wrinkle in Time have Record-Breaking Weekend

March 13th, 2018

For the first time ever, the top two films at the weekend box office were both directed by African-American directors. That's amazing and should be the big story. Unfortunately for A Wrinkle in Time, the big story is Black Panther's continued box office dominance, as that film earned first place over Wrinkle with $40.82 million to $33.12 million. Disney should be happy with both results. The only other new release that didn't bomb was The Strangers: Prey at Night, which earned third place with $10.40 million, which is excellent for a low-budget horror movie. The less said about The Hurricane Heist and Gringo, the better. Overall, the box office fell 8.3% from last weekend to $138 million. Compared to this weekend last year, the box office fell 16%. Year-to-date, 2018 has earned $2.27 billion, which is still 8.3% or $170 million ahead of 2017's pace. That lead could be cut in half by this time next week. More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther Bests Wrinkle in Time, in Disney vs. Disney Battle

March 11th, 2018

A Wrinkle in Time got out the gate a little more slowly than hoped for this weekend, and Disney is projecting an opening weekend of $33.3 million, as of Sunday morning. That's actually in line with our prediction on Thursday of just under $35 million, but well below what pre-release interest in the film would have made seem possible. That relatively subdued debut left the door open for Black Panther, which will pick up another $41.1 million this weekend to top the chart, and continues breaking records. More...

Weekend Predictions: Is It Time for Panther to Relinquish Top Spot?

March 8th, 2018

There are four wide releases coming out this week, but only one of them, A Wrinkle in Time, has a shot at dethroning Black Panther. Only one other, The Strangers: Prey at Night, has a shot at the top five. The other two, Gringo and The Hurricane Heist, are just hoping to not embarrass themselves. This weekend last year, the top two movies earned nearly $100 million. This year, the top five likely won't earn that much. 2018 will lose the year-over-year comparison, but hopefully it will be close. More...

International Box Office: Red Sea Takes a Victory Lap on Top of the Chart

March 7th, 2018

Operation Red Sea remained in first place with $62 million in seven markets for an international total of $472 million. Of this, the film earned $61.90 million in its native China for a two-week total of $471.44 million there. More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther Tops $500 Million in Third Weekend

March 4th, 2018

Black Panther will add another $65.7 million this weekend, according to Disney's Sunday morning estimate. That'll be the 3rd-best 3rd weekend in history, behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Avatar. It also will make Panther the 3rd-fastest movie to $500 million at the domestic box office, behind Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. It continues to track extremely closely to Jurassic World, which finished its domestic run with $652 million. More...

International Box Office: Operation Red Sea Dives into a Sea of Green with $107 million

February 28th, 2018

Operation Red Sea climbed into first place with $107 million in five markets for an international total of $336 million. Of this, the film earned $107.02 million in its native China for a two-week total of $335.81 million there. Amazingly, this was 46% higher than its opening weekend. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Another Week, Another Set of Records for Black Panther

February 26th, 2018

Almost everyone expected Black Panther to earn first place over the weekend. I doubt there were many people who expected this. The film fell just 45% earning $111.66 million for a ten-day total of $403.61 million, helping the film make appearances on a number of record charts, including; second biggest second weekend of release, second fastest to $400 million, etc. The new releases matched expectations, more or less, with Game Night earning second place and coming within a rounding error of our prediction. Overall, the box office earned $192 million. This is 33% lower than last weekend; however, this is a good hold for a post-holiday weekend. Compared to last year, the box office was up by 55% and this is a much more important number. Year-to-date, 2018 has a 14% / $230 million lead over 2017, at $1.88 billion to $1.65 billion. This is great news at this point of the year, but we really need to stretch that lead to over $300 million in the next two plus weeks, before we are dealing with Beauty and the Beast, if we can't, then this lead could evaporate before the end of March. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Thor: Ragnarok

February 26th, 2018

Thor: Ragnarok opened with some of the best reviews of the MCU and was easily the biggest hit in the Thor franchise. And now it is being completely overshadowed by Black Panther's success. Is it worth checking out? Is it really one of the best films in the MCU? More...

Weekend Estimates: Black Panther's $108-Million Weekend Sets Up $650-Million Domestic Run

February 25th, 2018

The party is just getting started for Black Panther. With Disney's official weekend estimate in, it looks like the latest from the Marvel Universe is already just one day away from being the franchise's highest-grossing movie for a film built around a single character, and it is on course to top The Avengers as the biggest Marvel movie of them all. That's thanks to a projected $108 million weekend that sets some records of its own. More...

Friday Estimates: Black Panther on Pace for $100-Million Weekend

February 24th, 2018

As expected, Black Panther dominated on Friday at the box office. However, it was a little better than we were predicting, earning $28.86 million. Usually when outstanding reviews have to go up against the Fanboy effect, the Fanboy effect wins, but not this time. Look for $101 million during its second weekend of release, making it just the fourth film to earn $100 million during its second weekend. On a related note, the film has already topped the lifetime totals of several MCU installments, including Thor: Ragnarok. More...

International Box Office: Monster Hunts Down Black Panther With $190 million Opening Weekend

February 22nd, 2018

Monster Hunt 2 earned first place on the international chart with $190 million. Of that, $188.47 million was earned in its native China. The only other market where the film earned more than $1 million was Malaysia, where it earned $1.2 million. The original Monster Hunt didn't start nearly as fast, but it also had surprisingly long legs for a Chinese film. I suspect Sequelitis will reduce this film's legs, but that won't stop it from improving on the first film's nearly $400 million worldwide run. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Black Panther Re-Writes the Record Book

February 20th, 2018

Black Panther destroyed expectations over the Presidents Day long weekend earning $202.00 million / $242.16 million over the 3-day / 4-day weekend. The list of records this film broke seems endless, but we will get to that in a bit. Unfortunately, the two other new releases, Early Man and Samson, both bombed. On a more positive note, the total box office rose 103% from last weekend reaching $285 million. This is the third-biggest weekend of all-time, and the biggest non-December weekend. This is also 92% higher than the same weekend last year. Even if we use Presidents Day of last year, 2018 was still 51% higher. More importantly, 2018 completely erased the small deficit it had and is now ahead of 2017 by $120 million or 8% at $1.62 billion to $1.50 billion. More impressively, 2018 is even ahead of 2017 in terms of ticket sales at 178 million to 172 million. More...

Monday Estimates: Black Panther Now Over $200 Million in Three Days

February 19th, 2018

Disney posted updated weekend projections for Black Panther this morning, and if your jaw was dropped already, it's time to pick it up and drop it again. The film's box office fell just 9% on Sunday to an estimated $60.096 million, giving it the second-best Sunday in box office history, just fractionally behind The Force Awakens' $60.553 million. That pushes Panther's three-day opening weekend to an estimated $201.797 million, making it the fifth film in history to top $200 million on opening weekend.

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Analysis: What Gives a Marvel Movie Legs?

February 18th, 2018


Black Panther is currently eating up the charts, with a projected $218 million 4-day opening. The film is tracking for the second- or third-best opening weekend for a Marvel Cinematic Universe film, so its status as a hit is practically confirmed, even if it ends up having the worst multiplier in MCU history. That said, and despite having 17 previous films in the series, the patterns for what gives an MCU film good legs or not is hard to pin down. 
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Weekend Estimates: Black Panther Powers to $218 Million Long Weekend

February 18th, 2018

Black Panther is riding a waving of positive feedback all the way to record territory this weekend, with Disney projecting a $192 million three-day, and $218 million four-day weekend, as of Sunday morning. That gives the film three outright records right off the bat: biggest weekend in February, biggest three-day Presidents Day weekend, and biggest four-day Presidents Day weekend. In each case, the film is topping the jaw-dropping-at-the-time opening of Deadpool in 2016. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Deadpool is no Match for Black Panther and Wakandan Might

February 16th, 2018

I tried to remain cautious in the face of the overwhelming hype surrounding the release of Black Panther. This could be a mistake. It started its domestic box office run with $25.2 million in previews on Thursday, which crushed the $12.7 million Deadpool earned during the beginning of its record-breaking debut weekend. Not only is this the best previews for a Presidents Day debut, it is the best pre-summer preview, topping The Hunger Games's $19.7 million. It is also the second best for the MCU, just ahead of Civil War's $25 million mark, and just behind Age of Ultron's result of $27.6 million. The film's 97% positive reviews suggest it will have long legs; however, as we've seen time and time again, even Award-worthy reviews are almost never a match for an extreme Fanboy Effect. That said, this result is way above the $20 million I was expecting and a $200 million four-day debut is now more likely than not. More...

Weekend Predictions: Black Panther is About to Bring In a Lot of Green

February 15th, 2018

It's Presidents Day long weekend and there are two-and-a-half films trying to take advantage of the holiday with wide releases. However, the only film opening this weekend that people are actually talking about is Black Panther. This film is earning more buzz than any film opening until Infinity War and is widely expected to break records. Early Man's reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, but it is just hoping to reach the top five. Finally, there's Samson, which is only opening semi-wide. This weekend last year was the weekend after Presidents Day long weekend, so it is not a fair comparison and 2018 will crush 2017. Compared to Presidents Day of last year, 2018 will still crush the competition. More...

2018 Preview: February

February 1st, 2018

2018 got off to a good start and January more or less held its ground when compared to 2017. There were some misses, but surprise holdovers made up the difference. Looking forward, February will be dominated by Black Panther. In fact, it will very likely make more during its opening weekend than the second place film, Fifty Shades Freed, will likely make in total. Black Panther likely won't break records, but it could come close, while Fifty Shade Freed and Peter Rabbit both have a 50/50 shot at $100 million. Last February, The Lego Batman Movie both earned $175 million, while Fifty Shades Darker earned over $100 million. Black Panther will easily beat any film from last February; in fact, it could earn more than the top two films earned combined. As long as the rest of the box office isn't a complete disaster, February should help 2018 earn a significant edge over 2017 in the year-over-year comparisons. More...

2017 Box Office Totals: $11.09 billion Isn't Enough

January 20th, 2018

NATO, the North American Theater Owners, have released their annual box office numbers, and 2017 had some mixed results. The total box office was down 2.55% to $11.09 billion, which is the third-biggest yearly box office total of all time, behind $11.12 billion earned in 2015 and $11.37 billion earned in 2016. Meanwhile, ticket prices rose 4% to $8.97. This means total attendance was 1.236 billion, the lowest since 1995. That is troubling, but not as apocalyptic as some have made it out to be, as it is only 2.7% lower than 2014's attendance figure. Obviously, we would like to see increases in this figure every year, but we shouldn't panic just yet. If 2018 bounces back, then we can still say the overall box office is healthy. If we see another 6-point drop in attendance in 2018, then we can panic. More...

2018 Preview: January

January 1st, 2018

2017 wasn't a good year. It started out well and ended on a high note, but the summer was a disaster and that proved to be too much for the rest of the year to overcome. Fortunately, The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle are still doing very well and will help January get off to a fast start. Unfortunately, the biggest new release of January is Paddington 2 and it isn't expected to match its predecessor at the box office; it certainly won't top $100 million domestically. It is unlikely any of the Oscar contenders will hit the century mark in January either. This is really bad news, as last January, we had a new release, Split and an Oscar contender, Hidden Figures, which both topped that milestone with ease. 2018 should get off to a faster start in the first two weeks, but overall, this month will end with a loss. More...

Weekend Estimates: Disaster Artist Hits, Just Getting Started Misses

December 10th, 2017

Coco remains the number one movie at the box office this weekend by a considerable margin, mainly due to a lack of serious competition from new releases. Disney's animated adventure will gross about $18.3 million this weekend, for a domestic total of $135.5 million. The film will also pile up another $55.3 million internationally, taking its worldwide cume to $389.5 million. It still has some big openings to come, including Brazil, Korea, the UK, and Japan in January, so it has some way to go, although its progress will be eclipsed by The Last Jedi for the next few weeks. More...

International Box Office: Coco Catapults into First Place with $69.0 million

December 6th, 2017

Coco climbed into first place with $69.0 million in 33 markets for totals of $171.3 million internationally and $281.4 million worldwide. The film opened in a trio of major markets in Europe, earning first place in all three. France led the way with $5.2 million, $6.4 million including previews, while Spain ($2.8 million) and Germany ($2.0 million) were also strong results. It beat Moana's opening in all three markets. The film grew 146% during its second weekend in China earning $44.17 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $75.79 million. The film is already the biggest Pixar hit in China and is in third place for Disney animated films, behind Zootopia and Big Hero 6.

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Weekend Estimates: Coco Wins, Limited Releases on Fire

December 3rd, 2017

The weekend after Thanksgiving is usually when the studios take a breather before the big Christmas season, and this year is no different, with no new wide releases, and relatively minor shuffles on screen use at the theaters. It's therefore little surprise that Coco holds on at the top of the chart, and its strong reviews and season-friendly nature help it to extend its lead over Justice League. Coco is headed towards $26.114 million this weekend, according to Disney, for $109 million or so to date. That's down 49% from last weekend. Justice League, meanwhile, drops a more troubling 60% to $16.58 million, for $197 million after three weekends.

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International Box Office: Justice League Plummets, Still Grabs First with in $71.5 million

November 29th, 2017

Justice League plummeted more than 60% to $71.5 million on 32,800 screens in 66 markets for two week totals of $310.98 million internationally and $482.88 million worldwide. It's only major opening came in Japan, where it earned first place with $3.85 million on 645 screens. This is ahead of Wonder Woman and Thor: Ragnarok, so the movie is keeping its dreams of $800 million worldwide alive. It really needs that much to break even any time soon. Its biggest holdover was China, where it fell 68% to $16.36 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $84.17 million. It should be able to get to the century mark there, which will be reason to celebrate. It remained in first place in Brazil with $5.4 million on 1,617 screens for a two-week total of $24.8 million. More...

Weekend Estimates: Coco Gives Disney Another Thanksgiving Win

November 26th, 2017

Coco will easily top the box office chart this Thanksgiving weekend, with Disney projecting a $71 million 5-day opening, including $49 million from Friday to Sunday. That's the fourth-best Thanksgiving opening of all time, behind Frozen ($94 million), Moana ($82 million), and Toy Story 2 ($80 million). In all, Disney lays claim to 10 of the top 11 opening weekend's over this holiday period, although, to be fair, the Hunger Games and Harry Potter franchises both claim several spots in the higher reaches of the Thanksgiving weekend record chart, but were just playing in their second weekend, rather than opening.

Nit-picking aside, it's a great weekend for Coco. More...

2017 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - First-Run Releases and Franchise Box Sets

November 23rd, 2017

It's Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases, and normally franchise box sets as well, but this year none jump out as essential additions to the Holiday Gift guide. Worse still, 2017 has been awful at the box office with potential blockbuster after potential blockbuster getting savaged by critics and struggling at the box office. Additionally, some of the biggest and some of the best have been on the home market for nearly half a year, meaning nearly everyone who would want them, already own them. That doesn't mean there are no films worth adding to this list, but the list is a little shorter than usual. On a side note, two of the films on this year's list are from the MCU and it would have been three, but Thor: Ragnarok is still in theaters. If you know someone who loves the MCU, but has all of the movies, then check out this site, which has some more unique gift ideas. I specifically like the Spider-man Drone. More...

International Box Office: Justice League pulls in $184.95 million During Opening Weekend

November 22nd, 2017

Justice League easily won the weekend race on the international chart with a total opening of $184.95 million on 47,000 screens in 65 markets. Its biggest market was China, where it opened with $50.58 million over the weekend for a total opening of $51.89 million. Its best market was Brazil, where it earned $14.2 million on 1,580 screens, which is the biggest all-time opening in that market. In most major markets, the film opened above Wonder Woman and Thor: Ragnarok. For example, the film earned $9.6 million in Mexico, compared to $8.22 million for Wonder Woman and $7.34 million for Thor: Ragnarok. It wasn't as impressive in every market. For example, it only managed $9.67 million during its first place opening in the U.K., which is equivalent to a little more than $50 million here. The film opens in Japan this weekend, but it will need good legs to pay for its $300 million production budget. More...

Weekend Estimates: How Much Trouble Does a $96 Million Opening Spell for the DCEU?

November 19th, 2017

Justice League was meant to the be the big pay-off for the first phase of the DC Extended Universe, bringing together the characters introduced in Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Wonder Woman, and setting the stage for next year's Aquaman. The huge success of Wonder Woman this Summer seemed to be just the kick the franchise needed, and, given the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which enjoyed steadily building success leading up to the gigantic opening of The Avengers, an opening north of $150 million, and maybe even approaching $200 million seemed a possibility a couple of months ago. In that context, the $96 million projected weekend announced by Warner Bros. this morning looks like a huge disappointment. What does it mean for the franchise? More...

International Box Office: Thor Threepeats with $75.9 million and Overtakes The Dark World

November 15th, 2017

For the third weekend in a row, Thor: Ragnarok dominated the international chart, earning $75.9 million in 56 markets for totals of $438.5 internationally and $650.6 million worldwide. The film fell 59% during its second weekend in China, but this is actually much better than average for the market. It added $21.71 million this past weekend, pushing its running tally to $95.51 million after just two weeks of release in that market. The film held up even better in the U.K., where it dipped just 33% to $4.05 million in 569 theaters for a three-week total of $34.07 million. Its next biggest international market was South Korea, where it has earned $31.07 million, including $3.53 million on 856 screens this past weekend. The film already has more worldwide than either of the previous Thor films earned in total. It has entered the top ten in the MCU and it is on pace to enter the top five on that chart before its done. More...

Weekend Estimates: Daddies Sneak into Second Place; Thor Solid in Second Week

November 12th, 2017

Thor: Ragnarok maintains a firm hold on top spot at the domestic and international box office this weekend, with a respectable decline of 54% at home taking it to $56.6 million for the weekend and $211.6 million to date. With another $75.9 million internationally, for a total of $438.5 million overseas, Ragnarok will pass $650 million worldwide today. That makes it the most successful Thor film already, and it seems like it should retain decent traction into the holidays, even with Justice League coming out next weekend. More...

Weekend Predictions: Thor Looks to Dominate Newcomers

November 9th, 2017

After last week's debut, Thor: Ragnarok should have no trouble repeating in first place, but we do have two new releases that should be in a battle for second. Murder on the Orient Express had a strong opening in the U.K. and that bodes well for its opening this weekend. On the other hand, Daddy's Home 2's box office potential is moving in the other direction. As I started writing this, there were still no reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. This weekend last year, Doctor Strange led the way with $42.97 million. Thor: Ragnarok should top that by around $10 million. Likewise, this week's new releases should top last year's new releases. However, last year had a lot better depth. Last year, every film in the top ten earned more than $3 million. This year, I'm not sure the fifth place film will earn more than $3 million. I fear 2017 will lose yet again in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Estimates: Thor Ragna-roks the Box Office

November 5th, 2017

Thor: Ragnarok continues a remarkable record for the Marvel Cinematic Universe this weekend by posting a $121 million opening weekend, according to Disney's Sunday morning estimate. That's a significant increase from the $85.7 million of Thor: Dark World, and means that each sub-franchise based on an individual character has had increasing open box office from film to film: Iron Man's openings went from $102 million, to $128 million, to $174 million; Captain America went $65 million, $95 million, $179 million; and now Thor has gone $65 million, $86 million, and $121 million. More...

Theater Counts: Thor's Four Thousand

November 2nd, 2017

After a dismal end to the summer, Disney will attempt to come to the industry's rescue with three blockbuster releases in the coming two months: Coco for Thanksgiving, The Last Jedi for Christmas, and, this weekend, Thor: Ragnarok. The Thor sub-franchise has been the weakest link in the Marvel Universe so far, but this outing is getting stellar reviews, and by coming after a seemingly-endless succession of horror movies in September and October, seems well timed. It'll launch in 4,080 theaters, which is a little more than The Dark World's 3,841 debut, but quite a bit less than the 4,226 opening-theater count enjoyed by Captain America: Civil War. An opening over $100 million seems assured, but how much over remains an open question. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Thor Rule, or is it the End of World for the Box Office?

November 2nd, 2017

November begins with Thor: Ragnarok and A Bad Moms Christmas. Thor: Ragnarok is widely expected to be the sixth film of 2017 to open with $100 million. On the other hand, A Bad Moms Christmas opened yesterday and when I started writing this in the early hours of Thursday morning, there were still no reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Oh boy. That's not a good sign. Worse still, no other new release it going to come close to $10 million over the weekend. This weekend last year, there were three wide releases that earned more than $10 million, led by Doctor Strange with $85 million. Thor: Ragnarok will top that, but this year's depth is terrible compared to last year and we will very likely see yet another loss in the year-over-year comparison. More...

2017 Preview: November

November 1st, 2017

October wasn't a good month; then again, outside of a few bright spots, the overall box office has been a disaster since early summer. I would love to say November will turn things around, but, while it should be better, in this case "better" is a relative term. There are two films on this list with a chance at $300 million, Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League, while Coco is nearly a guarantee for $200 million. By comparison, last November had a similar result with three films earning between $200 million and $300 million, but none topping that figure. This means, if Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League both get to that milestone, then 2017 could cut into 2016's lead during the month. It will still take a minor miracle for 2017 to catch up in the end, but just cutting the lead in half by the end of December would be a reason to celebrate at this point. More...

Theater Counts: Jigsaw Has Halloween, But Thor Looms Large

October 26th, 2017

Although technically this isn't Halloween weekend, it looks like we're going to celebrate it early this year, judging by the line-up of films playing in theaters. Jigsaw joins the throng this weekend, and is the widest new release, playing in 2,941 theaters. That's not a huge amount, to be honest, but its path into theaters is blocked by a plethora of horror alternatives: Happy Death Day adds 233 new theaters, and is the widest release playing at the moment, with 3,531 locations in total; It is still showing in 2,538 movie houses; and, if your taste runs towards lighter fare, Boo! 2 is available in 2,388 theaters this weekend. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming

October 23rd, 2017

It was a terrible summer at the box office, but Spider-Man: Homecoming was one of the few bright spots. It was one of three films to cross $300 million domestically and has a slim shot at finishing in the top five for the year. Does it deserve this success? Or did it thrive just because it's part of the MCU? More...

The Numbers Turns 20: Database Census Report

October 19th, 2017

The Numbers celebrates is 20th anniversary this week and as we previously stated, the site has grown a lot over those 20 years. How big has it grown? Let's look at some of the stats. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Wonder Woman

October 8th, 2017

Wonder Woman is the fourth film in the DCEU and apparently it is one of the last. (Warner Bros. recently came out and said they would be focusing on individual stories and downplaying the overall continuity for a while. Smart move.) Wonder Woman broke a number of records during its box office run, including biggest box office hit for a female director, biggest super hero original movie, etc. and in the end, it was the biggest domestic hit of the summer. Did it deserve this success? Or was it only good compared to the previous installments in the DCEU? More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

August 20th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 was the second biggest hit of the summer and the third biggest hit of 2017 so far. It is also part of the MCU and there hasn't been a truly bad movie in the MCU so far. Spoiler alert: This movie doesn't break the winning streak. However, it could be a really good movie and still not live up to the original. Is that the case? Or can Vol 2 outshine the first installment? More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: War Goes Well for Apes Earning $56.26 million

July 18th, 2017

The weekend box office chart didn't hold a lot of surprises. War for the Planet of the Apes earned first place with a slightly better than predicted result of $56.26 million, while most of the rest of our predictions were also close enough to be considered victories. Overall, the box office plummeted 21% from last weekend reaching $163 million. This was also a little lower than the same weekend last year. The emphasis is on "little", as it only dropped by 0.062% or about $100,000. On its own, this would be nothing to worry about. However, 2017's lead over 2016 has completely evaporated and the year is now 0.19% or $12 million behind last year's pace at $6.21 billion to $6.22 billion. We've lost about $200 million this summer compared to last year and I don't see that turning around any time soon. More...

Weekend Estimates: Apes Top Chart, Helped by Big Spider-Man Drop

July 16th, 2017

A weekend estimate just ahead of our prediction for War for the Planet of the Apes, and a one just below our prediction for Spider-Man: Homecoming means there's a clear winner at the box office. War will come in with $56.5 million, per Fox's Sunday morning estimate, while Homecoming will finish second with $45.2 million. More...

Weekend Estimates: Spider-Man Comes Home to $117 Million Weekend

July 9th, 2017

A $117 million opening weekend is pretty much all Sony could ask for from Spider-Man: Homecoming. It's the second-best debut for the Spider-Man franchise, if you ignore the effects of inflation, and makes it almost certain that the franchise will break its unfortunate streak of earning less at the domestic box office with every new outing. With, reportedly, a more constrained budget—this is the least expensive Spider-Man film, adjusted for inflation—profitability looks assured, and Sony's partnership with Disney looks as though it's paying off. More...

Friday Estimates: Spider-Man has $50.5 million Reasons to Celebrate its Homecoming

July 8th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming dominated the box office on Friday and in a pleasant surprise, it beat predictions with $50.5 million during its opening day. Its opening day vs. its previews is almost identical to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which would put the film on pace for $130 million over the weekend. Spider-Man: Homecoming did earn better reviews, while both movies earned a solid A from CinemaScore, and many more kids have no school on Monday compared to when Guardians debuted. All of this should help its legs. On the other hand, Homecoming could have a bigger Fanboy Effect, as Spider-Man is a much more established character. Because of that, I'm going to be a little more cautious and predict a $125 million opening weekend. This is still simply fantastic and the only downside is Sony and Disney have to work together to make this work in the long term. This is Sony's second best domestic opening of all time. (Spider-Man 3 is the only one that beats it.) It could open with more than last year's number one domestic hit for the studio, Ghostbusters, earned in total. Sony has a lot of reasons to work with Disney to keep Spider-Man in the MCU. More...

Weekend Estimates: Despicable Me's Solid $75 Million Starts July 4 Holiday Week

July 2nd, 2017

With July 4 falling on a Tuesday this year, this is less a holiday weekend, and more the beginning of a holiday week, and it's bookended by new releases from two of the industry's most reliable franchises. Despicable Me 3 starts off festivities this weekend with a solid-but-unspectacular $75.4 million from a record-setting 4,529 theaters. Breaking The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's record for widest opening weekend of all time is no small feat for Universal, but it's an ominous sign for the franchise that the only film to open in close to this number of theaters and pull in similar numbers at the box office was Shrek Forever After, which opened with $70.8 million in 4,359 theaters back in 2010. That was the last Shrek movie, and this might be a good time for Gru to call it a day. More...

2017 Preview: July

July 1st, 2017

I hate it when the first of the month lands on a Saturday. By the time this story goes live, we will still have almost no box office data for Despicable Me 3, so we won't know if June ended on a positive note. Fortunately, Wonder Woman beat expectations and might end up as the biggest hit of the summer, at least for a little while. July begins with Spider-Man: Homecoming, which should make at least $300 million and is the last film being released this summer that has a shot at being a $400 million hit domestically. It is very likely that nothing else this month will come within $100 million of that movie, so that could help its legs. There are a few potential $100 million hits, including War for the Planet of the Apes, Dunkirk, and a couple of other long shots. Last July had a similar feel with The Secret Life of Pets topping the list with well over $300 million, while there were five other $100 million hits. This July would have to beat expectations substantially to match this performance. I'm not confident 2017 will be able to maintain its pace at the box office. I'm worried at least one big film will struggled and 2017 will end the month behind 2016's pace. More...

Weekend Estimates: Will International Earnings Be Enough to Save Last Knight?

June 25th, 2017

A tepid $45.3 million Friday-to-Sunday domestic weekend for Transformers: The Last Knight is pretty much unmitigated bad news for Paramount Pictures. The studio is in desperate need of a hit, and the Transformers franchise is by far their biggest property. Even including the film's grosses from Wednesday and Thursday, its $69 million debut is barely in the top ten for the year so far, and poor reviews and a B+ CinemaScore mean that it won't have significant legs, even with a bit of help from the upcoming July 4 weekend. So all eyes are going to be on its overseas performance. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will The Last Knight Transformer Paramount's Predicament?

June 21st, 2017

We have early predictions this week, as Transformers: The Last Knight is out in theaters on Wednesday. (We will get to the holdovers at the regular time.) The Last Knight has to be a monster hit, because the studio, Paramount, is in a slump the likes of which you rarely see. The last time they had a $200 million hit domestically was the last Transformer movie to hit theaters. The last time they had more than a 10% share of the box office was the last time they had the distribution rights to some of the MCU movies. Speaking of combined universes, The Last Knight is supposed to be the creation of a new Hasbro Combined Universe with this franchise and G.I. Joe being the heart of the new universe. This could fail for the same reasons The Mummy failed to jump start the Dark Universe franchise. Namely, the reviews are terrible and audiences are tired of combined universes being forced instead of growing organically. More...

Weekend Estimates: Cars 3 Has Fast Opening Lap

June 17th, 2017

As anticipated, Cars 3 is cruising to the top of the box office chart this weekend, with Disney predicting a weekend of $53.547 million, as of Sunday morning. While that's a very respectable figure in anyone's book (and continues Disney's domination at the box office this year), it's down markedly from Cars 2's $66.1 million opening weekend in 2011, and points towards a final domestic box office around $150 million. If that proves to be the case, it'll be the second-worst performer ever for Pixar, beating only The Good Dinosaur. Talk of a decline at Pixar is over-blown, in my opinion, but this is still a so-so result by their high standards. More...

Friday Estimates: Cars Doesn't Burn up the Track, Still Wins Friday with $19.5 million

June 17th, 2017

As expected, Cars 3 earned first place on Friday, but it was a little more subdued than expected, with just $19.5 million for the day. This is a higher opening day than The Lego Batman Movie managed, but family films have a much higher internal multiplier outside of summer, because kids won't be able to see the movie during matinees on the Friday. If it has the same internal multiplier as Finding Dory had, it would open with $48 million. While Cars 3's reviews are not as good, it earned an A from CinemaScore, the same as Dory did. Furthermore, Cars 3 is being seen much more by kids than Dory was, as that film had a larger share of adult animation fans, so this should also help its legs. It won't match our prediction of $58 million, but $51 million is still a great result. More...

Weekend Estimates: Mummy's $32 Million Debut No Match for Wonder Woman

June 11th, 2017

There are precious few crumbs of comfort to be found from Universal's launch of The Mummy this weekend. The studio is projecting a $32.2 million opening this weekend from 4,035 theaters. That will be a fairly distant second to Wonder Woman, which is expected to earn about $57.1 million. Even the bright news—that this is Tom Cruise's biggest global opening weekend—comes with an asterisk. More...

Friday Estimates: Wonder Woman Wows Again with $15.8 million

June 10th, 2017

At the beginning of the month, I assumed this weekend would be a close race between Wonder Woman and The Mummy. I assumed The Mummy would at least win on Friday, but that's not the case, as Wonder Woman remains the number one box office draw. The film earned $15.8 million on Friday, which is 59% lower than its opening Friday. It should bounce back on Saturday and finish the weekend with $53 million, which is just a 49% sophomore stint drop-off. A super hero movie falling less than 50% during its second weekend of release is simply stunning. Granted, its reviews are among the best of the year, so having better than average legs was expect. That said, a 49% drop-off is still an amazing performance and should lead to more than a few movie executives to look for ways to copy its success. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Mummy Bury the Competition?

June 8th, 2017

Last weekend was a great one at the box office with Wonder Woman earning over $100 million during its opening. This weekend isn't expected to be nearly as potent. The biggest new release is The Mummy, which is supposed to be the start of the Dark Universe, but its reviews suggest this combined universe will be short-lived. It Comes At Night could become A24's biggest hit, although that's not a particularly high bar. Finally there's Megan Leavey. It isn't expected to open truly wide, but it only needs about $2 million to reach the top ten. This weekend last year was similar in terms of box office strength. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist led the way with barely more than $40 million, while there were two other new releases to top $20 million. This year's crop of new films is nowhere near as good as that; however, the holdovers should make up the difference leaving 2017 ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Estimates: Time for Pirates to Sail into the Sunset?

May 28th, 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is dominating proceedings at the box office this weekend, with Disney projecting an opening of $62.2 million for three days, and $76.6 million over the complete Memorial Day holiday weekend. As I've said a few times this year, any other studio would kill for numbers like those, but this marks the third straight decline in the franchise's fortunes. Dead Man's Chest had the best opening for any Pirates film, with $135.6 million in 2006; At World's End did $114.7 million over Memorial Day weekend in 2007; and then On Stranger Tides delivered a $90.2-million debut, also over Memorial Day weekend in 2011. With this kind of start, Dead Men will struggle to deliver $200 million domestically, although its international performance will help make up the numbers. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will New Releases Make a Splash, or are They Dead in the Water?

May 25th, 2017

It's Memorial Day long weekend, which is historically one of the best long weekends at the box office all year. However, this year the two new releases are far from the best. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales has the worst reviews in the franchise and its domestic box office will likely be the same. Sadly, Baywatch's reviews are even worse. That said, they should still finish one-two over the weekend, while Alien: Covenant and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will be in a race for third place. It likely won't be close. Meanwhile, this weekend last year, X-Men: Apocalypse and Alice Through the Looking Glass opened one-two during the weekend with results that are similar to what Dead Men Tell No Tales / Baywatch are expected to make. I don't know if 2017 will win in the year-over-year comparison, but it should be close. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Aliens Crash, but Still Top Chart with $36.16 million

May 23rd, 2017

As expected, Alien: Covenant earned first place on the weekend box office chart. However, it had a strange journey there. Everything, Everything earned more during its opening weekend than it cost to make, which is great news for the studio. On the other hand, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul will be the last entry in this franchise for a long time. Meanwhile, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 became only the second film released in 2017 to hit $300 million domestically. Unfortunately, the good news didn't outweigh the bad news and the overall box office fell 10% from last weekend to $122 million. Compared to last year, the weekend box office was 11% lower. Fortunately, 2017 still has a $130 million lead over 2016 at $4.23 billion to $4.10 billion, so there's no reason to panic. More...

Friday Estimates: Aliens Dominate Friday with $15.35 million, Everything's Okay, Wimpy Not so Much

May 20th, 2017

As expected, Alien: Covenant earned first place on Friday's box office chart. This is a little better than originally predicted, but in line with our adjustment after Thursday's previews. Unfortunately, it is not all good news. The reviews are 73% positive, which is good, but it only managed a B from CinemaScore, which is low enough to hurt its legs. We're still going with just over $40 million over the weekend and over $100 million in total, but this might not be enough to be a real financial success. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Aliens Invade First Place?

May 18th, 2017

Alien: Covenant is looking to unseat Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 for top spot on the box office chart this weekend. Meanwhile, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and Everything, Everything are just trying to survive in counter-programming roles. The prognosis for those two is mixed. Meanwhile, this weekend last year, there were five films that earned more than $10 million over the weekend. This year, there might be only two. Hopefully the new releases aren't that bad, while the holdovers don't completely collapse. If this happens, 2017 could win in the year-over-year comparison for the second weekend in a row. If not, then 2017's winning streak will end at one. More...

International Box Office: Guardians Completes the Hat Trick with $52.2 million

May 17th, 2017

For the third weekend in a row, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 led the international box office chart, earning $52.2 million in 56 markets for totals of $384.4 million internationally and $632.8 million worldwide. This pushes it into seventh place on the MCU chart. The film opened in second place in Japan, where it pulled in $3.0 million, which is 15% better than the original Guardians of the Galaxy did. On the downside, this is the film's last market to open in, so it will be coasting on holdovers from now on. Speaking of holdovers, the film's biggest market is China, where it added $15.16 million over the weekend for a total of $80.56 million. This is the film's biggest single market and it could hit $100 million there shortly. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Guardians Matches Original's Hold Earning $65.26 million

May 16th, 2017

As expected, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 crushed the competition this weekend earning more than Snatched and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword's combined openings. However, it held on better than expected down 55% to $65.26 million. The overall box office still fell by 30% from last weekend to $136 million. This is 3.8% higher than the same weekend last year. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 held on better than Captain America: Civil War did during its sophomore stint, but it was strong depth that helped 2017 win the year-over-year comparison. It didn't win by much, so the overall lead still shrunk to 3.4% at $4.07 billion to $3.93 billion, but any lead is good news. More...

Weekend Estimates: Second Place Snatched from King Arthur

May 14th, 2017

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword has proved to be a costly bet gone wrong for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow. The film had a long gestation period, and ended up costing $175 million to make. Once another $100 million or so of marketing is added in, that makes for a target of at least $550 million at the global box office before anyone starts recouping anything from the film. A domestic opening of $14.7 million, and $29.1 million overseas, makes that a laughably-distant prospect. Adding to the embarrassment, King Arthur will start out in third place, behind Mothers Day-play Snatched, and even that film isn't doing particularly well, when all is said and done. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can the New Releases Snatch Victory Away from Guardians?

May 11th, 2017

There are two wide releases coming out this week, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Snatched. However, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will likely destroy them at the box office. The real question is whether or not the top three films this year will out-earn the three films from this weekend last year. At the beginning of the month, I thought that would happen, but now I'm not so sure. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 missed expectations last weekend and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Snatched haven't seen their buzz grow like most new releases do. I don't think 2017 will get crushed like it did last weekend, but I also don't think it will end its mini-losing streak either. More...

International Box Office: Guardians Protect the Globe for Another Weekend with $123.8 million

May 11th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 remained in first place on the international chart with $123.8 million in 55 markets for totals of $282.6 million internationally and $429.1 million worldwide. The film is already ahead of the worldwide totals of a couple of MCU alumni, The Incredible Hulk and Captain America: The First Avenger. The film opened in first place in a trio of major markets this past weekend: China, South Korea, and Russia. Its biggest opening came in China, no surprise there, where it earned $48.56 million over the weekend for a total opening of $49.47 million, including limited previews. It earned $12.79 million in 1,370 screens over the weekend in Russia. The film earned $6.92 million on 1,218 screens in South Korea over the weekend for a total opening of $13.20 million. In each of these markets, Vol 2 showed strong growth compared to the original Guardians of the Galaxy. In fact, Vol 2 earned more during its opening weekend than the original earned in total ($11.0 million). At this pace, the film will have no trouble matching the original worldwide and its legs will determine if it can reach $1 billion. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Galaxy gets the Summer Going with $146.51 million

May 8th, 2017

For the eighth year in a row, a Marvel movie started the summer blockbuster season. This time around, it was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which earned $146.51 million, or roughly 75% of the total weekend box office of $194 million. That figure is nearly double the box office from last week, an increase of 97%, to be more precise. Unfortunately, this is also 19% lower than the same weekend last year when Captain America: Civil War dominated the chart. 2017 is still ahead of 2016, but the gap has narrowed to 4.5% at $3.88 billion to $3.71 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Guardians Posts Marvelous $145 Million Debut

May 7th, 2017

It's the first weekend in May, and that means it's time for another installment from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Two years ago Avengers: Age of Ultron blasted out the gates with $191 million. Last year, Captain America: Civil War debuted with $179 million. And now, this weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will launch with a shade over $145 million, according to Disney's Sunday morning estimate. The steady decline in opening numbers for those three films raises a few questions about the long-term future of the franchise, but there is no universe in which $145 million isn't a great performance. More...

Friday Estimates: Galaxy Doesn't Shine as Bright, but Still Earns $56.26 million

May 6th, 2017

As expected, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 dominated the box office chart on Friday. However, it didn't do quite as well as we predicted with $56.26 million. It would have needed north of $60 million to get to $156 million over the weekend. Its reviews are fantastic, the best in the top ten by quite a margin, while it earned an A from CinemaScore, so it should have solid legs over the weekend. On the other hand, it is a sequel and those tend to be more front-loaded, so look for $138 million over the weekend. It is still very early, but the film appears to be on pace for $350 million domestically and close to $900 million worldwide. This is clearly a monster hit, even if it is not quite as large as anticipated. To put it in perspective, it is the sixth best May opening of all time, so there's plenty of reasons to celebrate this debut. On a side note, four of the five films ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 on that list are from the MCU. The lone exception is Spider-Man 3. Marvel owns May. More...

Weekend Predictions: Guarding the Box Office against Civil War

May 4th, 2017

The summer blockbuster season unofficially begins this weekend with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. There are no other films opening wide this week, so it will dominate the chart like few films are able to. In fact, the film's only real competition is Captain America: Civil War, which opened this weekend last year. There's very little chance Vol 2 will start as fast as Civil War started, but it could have better legs. I think 2017 will lose the year-over-year comparison this weekend, but the rest of the month should be better. More...

2017 Preview: May

May 1st, 2017

April is over and thank god for that. The Fate of the Furious is currently the only film that was better than a midlevel hit, while Going in Style might end up being the second-biggest release of the month. On the low end, there were seven films on last month's list that didn't even manage to open in truly wide release (2,000 or more theaters). Fortunately, May looks a lot brighter. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 should dominate the chart and get the month off to a fast start. Furthermore, every week there's at least one film with a reasonable chance of earning $100 million domestically. Additionally, last May wasn't particularly strong, so that should help 2017 overall. Granted, Captain America: Civil War earned more than $400 million, so the month got off to a fast start, but films struggled the rest of the way. The second-biggest film was X-Men: Apocalypse at just $155 million, while only one other movie, The Angry Birds Movie, earned more than $100 million. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 should at least be competitive with Captain America: Civil War, allowing 2017 to win thanks to its superior depth. More...

International Box Office: Furious Fast Start Leads to a Quick Fall with $158.1 million

April 26th, 2017

The Fate of the Furious is living fast, but plummeting just as fast down 64% to $158.1 million on 19,757 screens in 65 territories for totals of $745.03 million internationally and $908.34 million worldwide. The film is now the biggest hit of 2017 on the international chart and is behind only Beauty and the Beast on the 2017 worldwide chart. The film's biggest opening of the past weekend came in Poland where it earned $2.7 million on 187 screens, which is the best opening for the Fast and the Furious franchise in that market. Its biggest market overall continues to be China, where it added $55.28 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $321.65 million. The is the second biggest box office for a Hollywood release in China, behind only Furious 7, which earned $390.87 million there. More...

Friday Estimates: Beast Knocks Out Kong with $63.79 million

March 18th, 2017

As expected, Beauty and the Beast earned first place on Friday. Its performance was a little better than expected, with Disney's movie earning $63.79 million. To put this into perspective, this is more than Kong: Skull Island earned during its opening weekend. There are some confusing elements to deal with. Firstly, the reviews improved to 71% positive, which is still lower than anticipated, but good enough to not hurt the film's legs. Additionally, it earned a solid A from CinemaScore. Strangely, the demographics changed, with women representing 72% of Friday's audiences. That's up from just under 60% during Thursday's previews and a lot of times it goes in the other direction. So what does this mean for the future? The film just needs an internal multiplier above 2.6 to become the biggest March opening of all time. That seems very likely at this point. In fact, anything less than $175 million will be seen as a little disappointing. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Kong be King of the Box Office?

March 9th, 2017

There's only one new release this week, Kong: Skull Island, which should earn first place on the box office chart. Probably. Logan isn't too far back as far as box office tracking and might repeat in first place. In order to do this, Logan would either have to hold on a lot better than most comic book movies do and / or Kong would have to miss expectations. This weekend last year, there were four wide releases; however, they only managed a little more than $35 million combined. Kong: Skull Island should top that with ease and that's good news for 2017. Unfortunately, Zootopia earned more than $50 million and that will likely be out of reach for Kong, so 2017 will need to rely on its depth to win in the year-over-year competition. I'm optimistic that will happen. More...

Home Market Releases for February 28th, 2017

February 28th, 2017

It is not a particularly long list of new releases this week, but there are several that are must haves. This includes Doctor Strange, which was named Pick of the Week last week. Other contenders for that title include The Gate on Blu-ray, The Raid: Collection on Blu-ray, and Moonlight on Blu-ray. In the end, it wasn't too hard to select Moonlight as Pick of the Week. However, The Gate does earn Puck of the Week for Best Canadian Release. More...

Home Market Releases for February 21st, 2017

February 21st, 2017

Did you know Oscars are being handed out next week? If you didn't already know that, you would be able to figure that out, as there are five major Oscar nominees on this week's list. Two of those, Jackie and Moana, are VOD releases, so that limits the choices for Pick of the Week. In fact, only Manchester by the Sea was a contender for Pick of the Week. Unfortunately for that film, I got to the review for Doctor Strange a week early and I'm awarding it the Pick of the Week this week. It is out on VOD right now, but I would wait a week for the Blu-ray Combo Pack. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Doctor Strange

February 20th, 2017

Doctor Strange was the first time that magic was really strongly introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and some thought the film was a bit of a risk as a result. Instead, the film became the second biggest introductory film in the MCU, behind only Guardians of the Galaxy. Is it as good as its box office numbers would suggest? Or has the MCU become self-sustaining generating hundreds of million of dollars regardless of quality? More...

Weekend Estimates: Rogue One Blasts Off with $155 Million

December 18th, 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set for the second-biggest weekend in December, third-biggest weekend of 2016, and twelfth-biggest weekend of all time, with Disney predicting a weekend of $155 million, as of Sunday morning. Needless to say, that's a great result for the Star Wars spin-off, beating the studio's pre-release guidance, and hitting or exceeding the numbers that most in the industry were expecting. Our model predicted $151 million as of yesterday morning, so the film is maintaining its momentum through the weekend, and there are some reasons to believe that Rogue One may beat Disney's Sunday projection. More...

2016 - Awards Season: SAG - Nominations

December 14th, 2016

The Screen Actors Guild were the third group to announce their nominations for this awards season. So far there have been three different films earning the most nominations. This could mean the Oscar race will be a lot closer than in past years. This time around Manchester by the Sea led the way with four nominations. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Moana Completes Threepeat with $18.53 million

December 13th, 2016

As predicted, Moana was able to grab first place on the weekend box office chart. On the downside, it slipped a little faster than expected. Additionally, Office Christmas Party missed expectations and this led to the overall box office falling 13% from last weekend to $83 million. That said, this is still 7.0% higher than the same weekend last year and that's more important. Year-to-date, 2016 maintained its $460 million / 4.7% lead over 2015 at $10.23 billion to $9.77 billion. This lead will take a serious hit this coming weekend when Rogue One goes against The Force Awakens. That said, unless Rogue One opens with less than $100 million during its weekend, 2016 should still come out ahead at the end of the year. More...

Weekend Estimates: Moana Narrowly Beats Office Christmas Party

December 11th, 2016

Moana will get to enjoy one last weekend at the top of the box office chart, in spite of a good debut for Office Christmas Party. Disney's animated adventure will post about $18.8 million in its third weekend, for $145 million to date. It's beginning to lag behind the performance of Frozen, which made $22.6 million in its third weekend in wide release, and had amassed $164.8 million. That still puts Moana well on course for $300 million domestically, although $350 million is looking like a stretch. Internationally, Moana will earn around $23.5 million this weekend, taking its total overseas to $93.8 million, and its global haul to $238.8 million. More...

2016 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part II - TV on DVD Releases

December 8th, 2016

The first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide was a little shorter than I would have liked, because there wasn't much in the way of first-run releases and franchise box sets. The second installment is going to be even shorter. That's not to say there isn't a lot of TV on DVD releases that would make worthy gifts, but we limit ourselves to first seasons and complete series Megasets. You don't need us to tell you if Modern Family: Season Seven would make a good gift, for example. If the recipient hasn't started watching the show yet, they are likely not into it. (There is an exception to this rule this year, but more on that down below.) The number of high-quality new shows that have a first season out on DVD / Blu-ray are very limited. Atlanta is amazing, but the first season is only out on Video on Demand. The first season of Luke Cage is only available on Netflix. Furthermore, there are not a lot Megasets worth talking about. That said, we begin with not just a Megaset, but a Gigaset. Perhaps even a Teraset! More...

Weekend Estimates: Moana Stands Tall as Awards Season Hots Up

December 4th, 2016

The top of the box office chart remains a tale of two movies this weekend, with Moana maintaining an impressive lead over Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but both movies doing very nicely heading into the Christmas season. Moana tops the chart again this weekend with $28.4 million, for a total of $119.9 million at the end of the weekend. By way of comparison, Frozen had earned $134.3 million at this point in its run, but fell a slightly larger 53% from Thanksgiving, compared to Moana's 50% decline. The next few weeks should be very lucrative for the animated adventure, which is likely to sail past $300 million at the domestic box office. More...

International Box Office: Fantastic Beasts have another Century Weekend with $132.0 million

November 30th, 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them remained in first place with $132.0 million in 67 markets for totals of $317.5 million internationally and $473.5 million worldwide. Its biggest debut came from China where it opened with $41.70 million, which is a little behind Doctor Strange's opening earlier this month. On the other hand, the film is already $10 million ahead of what will be Doctor Strange's lifetime total in the U.K. with $11.07 million in 666 theaters over the weekend for a two-week total of $37.52 million. More...

Weekend Wrap-up: Moana Takes on Beast Over Thanksgiving Weekend

November 29th, 2016

As expected, Moana earned first place over the Thanksgiving weekend and became the biggest true opener in the holiday's history. (Technically Frozen opened in limited release the week before and as we learned from Futurama, technically correct is the best kind of correct.) The film was a little more front-loaded than expected and nearly matched our predictions. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them held on better than predicted and that one-two punch helped the overall box office grow 17% from last weekend to $184 million, over the three-day portion of the weekend. This is nearly identical to the same weekend last year; in fact, it was up by less than 1%. Year-to-date, 2016 has pulled in $9.99 billion. 2016 will soon become the eighth year in a row to reach the $10 billion milestone. This is 5.0% / $470 million above last year's pace. I've been saying for a while that we needed to enter December with a $300 million advantage over 2015 in order to come out ahead at the end of the year, so this is great news. More...

Weekend Estimates: Moana Sails to Thanksgiving Win

November 27th, 2016

Disney's domination of Thanksgiving weekend will continue in 2016, with Moana expected to post $55.5 million for the three-day weekend and $81.1 million in total, making it either the second-best or best Thanksgiving opener of all time, depending on what you consider an "opener." Disney is claiming second place for Moana behind Frozen, which had a $67.4 million 3-day weekend, and $93.6 million 5-day weekend back in 2013. That film had already opened in a single theater the weekend before, so if we want to split hairs, it technically wasn't opening that weekend. Either way you look at it, it's a great start for Moana, and another handsome win for Disney. The studio can now claim the top six 5-day Thanksgiving debuts and and the top eight 3-day Thanksgiving openings of all time. More...

International Box Office: Fantastic has a Beast of an Opening with $143.3 million

November 24th, 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opened in first place on the international chart with $143.3 million in 63 markets. The film had the biggest opening of the Harry Potter franchise in 16 of those 63 markets, but ironically not in the U.K., where it had its biggest opening. The film debuted in first place there with $18.90 million in 666 theaters. This is the third best in the franchise behind the two Deathly Hallows films. Some of the markets where Fantastic Beasts set the franchise record include South Korea, where it made $10.64 million on 1,431 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $14.15 million. It did the same in Russia with $10.29 million on 1,173 screens and in Brazil with $6.4 million. More...

Weekend Estimates: Fantastic Beasts Makes Fantastic-ish $75 Million

November 20th, 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is doing everything Warner Bros. could have wished for this weekend, posting a lively $75 million opening in the US, hitting $143.3 million internationally for a global opening over $200 million, and getting a A CinemaScore that should give it positive word of mouth going into Thanksgiving. For a franchise reboot, that's a lot of reasons to be happy, although its opening is well below the openings enjoyed by the original Harry Potter franchise. The worst of those, Chamber of Secrets, opened with $88 million over three days (Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince both technically had slower weekends than Chamber of Secrets, but both of them opened on Wednesday, and they still did over $75 million Friday–Sunday). More...

International Box Office: Doctor Strange Mightier than Thor earning $60.2 million

November 16th, 2016

Doctor Strange remained in first place with $60.2 million in 53 markets over the weekend for totals of $339.6 million internationally and $492.6 million worldwide. This puts the film ahead of the lifetime total of Thor and into 11th place in the MCU. It will be at least a couple of spots higher by this time next week. The film had a stronger than expected hold in China down $22.54 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $83.22 million. It also remained in first place in South Korea with $4.35 million on 951 screens over the weekend for a total of $36.22 million after three weeks of release. Up next for the film is Argentina on the 24th, while it doesn't end its run until next year when it opens in Japan. More...

Weekend Estimates: Healthy Arrivals Help Veterans Day Box Office

November 13th, 2016

While Doctor Strange and Trolls aren't really being threatened at the top of the chart this weekend, a few healthy new releases are giving Veterans Day weekend a timely boost at the box office. Arrival is the stand-out performer in wide release, with $24 million from 2,317 theaters and an average over $10,000. The sci-fi drama is a critical darling, but is having a harder time with general audiences who might be expecting something with a few more explosions and laser battles, and its CinemaScore is a B. Its potential long-term performance is a therefore a little hard to gauge at this point, but it would be very surprising for it not to pick up a few more theaters, and it might be decent counter-programming to the explosions and laser battles promised by several other films coming up in the next few weeks. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Any New Release Arrive on Top?

November 10th, 2016

There are a trio of new releases coming out this week, but none of them are expected to challenge for top spot. Arrival is earning stellar reviews, but it is also being released by Paramount and they've had a terrible year. Almost Christmas is a Christmas movie aimed at African-Americans. It should do well enough to become a financial success, but it won't be a major player at the box office. Then there's Shut In, which is barely opening wide and will very likely miss the top five. It might miss the Mendoza Line. This will leave Doctor Strange with an easy first place, while Trolls should remain in second. This weekend last year, the new releases were pitiful. The best earned less than $10 million. If 2016 doesn't win in the year-over-year comparison, then we are in serious trouble. More...

International Box Office: Strange More Incredible Than The Hulk with $118.7 million

November 9th, 2016

Doctor Strange added $118.7 million in 54 markets for totals of $240.4 million internationally and $325.5 million worldwide. It has already overtaken The Incredible Hulk in the MCU and is rapidly closing in on Captain America: The First Avenger. This weekend, the film debuted in first place in China with $44.12 million, including some previews, as well as in Brazil with $7.9 million. The film also expanded wide in Russia earning $8.49 million over the weekend for a total of $15.63 million. On the downside, the film has already opened in all major markets, except for Japan, where it doesn't open until January. With what it has pulled in so far, anything less than $600 million will be seen as troubling, while anything more than $750 million will be seen as a success. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Nothing Strange about the Doctor's $85.06 million Opening Weekend

November 7th, 2016

Doctor Strange's opening weekend was off by 0.069% when compared to our prediction. I think that gives us reason to brag. Both Trolls and Hacksaw Ridge beat expectations by a relatively significant margin. Overall, the weekend box office rose 115% from last weekend to $191 million. That's 18% more than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2016's lead over 2015 increased to 5.6% or $490 million at $9.28 billion to $8.79 billion. If 2016 can maintain this lead until Rogue One comes out, then 2016 will win in the end. More...

Weekend Estimates: Doctor Strange's $85 Million Gives Industry a Much-Needed Boost

November 6th, 2016

After a couple of months of weak box office, and some very disappointing openings, Doctor Strange, Trolls and Hacksaw Ridge are each, in their own way, putting things back on track. Doctor Strange is grabbing the headlines of course, with an impressive $84,989,000 opening projected by Disney on Sunday morning. That's almost identical to the opening weekend enjoyed by Thor: The Dark World on this weekend back in 2013, and comes without the benefit of being part of an established franchise (putting aside its place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe). More...

Friday Estimates: Doctor Strange Heals the Box Office with $32.56 million

November 5th, 2016

As expected, Doctor Strange dominated the Friday box office chart with $32.56 million. This is 19% higher than Spectre's opening day was last year, which is great news. Granted, Doctor Strange had much better previews, so the actual 24-hour Friday numbers are much closer. On the other hand, Doctor Strange's reviews remain 90% positive, while its CinemaScore is an impressive A. Spectre earned 65% positive reviews and an A- from CinemaScore. If the two films have the same internal multiplier, then Doctor Strange will open with $84 million. However, the Fanboy Effect will likely keep it to just above $80 million. This is still a great start and another smash hit from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Audiences Find Doctor Too Strange?

November 3rd, 2016

Doctor Strange is the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and arguably the strangest one. It is widely expected to dominate the box office this weekend. Trolls is expected to open way back in second place, but still have a strong showing. The final wide release of the week is Hacksaw Ridge, which appears to be getting lost in the crowd. This weekend last year. Spectre and The Peanuts Movie had a one-two punch that earned a combined $115 million. I think Doctor Strange / Trolls will top that figure giving 2016 the win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

2016 Preview: November

November 1st, 2016

October turned out to be a mixed month. On the one hand, not one movie earned $100 million, or even came close. However, it was also a more steady month than last October and the last two weeks really helped 2016 in the year-over-year comparisons. In November, we have five films with at least a shot at $100 million, three of which should have no trouble getting to at least $200 million. A little while ago, I thought Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them would be the biggest hit of the month, but the buzz took a hit recently. More on that below. Meanwhile, Doctor Strange's reviews are currently 90% positive and that should help it out at the box office. The third very likely $200 million hit is Moana. There is certainly precedent for an animated movie to be a monster hit at this time of year, but there is also a lot of competition. Last November was similar in strength, with five films that earned more than $100 million and two films that earned more than $200 million. None earned more than $300 million, so that's the goal for this November. If we can get one $300 million and / or three $200 million movies over the month, then it will be seen as a victory. More...

Dory Finds its way to $1 Billion

October 13th, 2016

Last weekend, Finding Dory became the 27th film to earn $1 billion worldwide. In doing so, it created a lot of interesting tidbits worth talking about. But first, the history of $1 billion movies. More...

Home Market Releases for September 27th, 2016

September 27th, 2016

It is a pretty good week on the home market with a few releases worth picking up. The biggest of these is Central Intelligence, but while it is worth picking up, it isn't a contender for Pick of the Week. There are some smaller releases that were up for that title, including The Shallows, An American Werewolf in London and The Innocents. However, in the end, I went with Captain America: Civil War. The Blu-ray screener arrived late, and I held off on naming it Pick of the Week when it came out for that very reason. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Captain America: Civil War

September 25th, 2016

Captain America: Civil War is the 13th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That's 13 films in just 8 years. The film pulled in more than $1 billion worldwide, so the market isn't tired of these movies. However, has the brisk pace resulted in a substandard film? Or is it yet another critical smash? More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Sully Saves the Box Office with $35.03 million

September 13th, 2016

Four films opened wide or semi-wide over the weekend, but only one of them, Sully, did well at the box office. It earned more than double its nearest competition, When the Bough Breaks, at $35.03 million to $14.20 million. The other two new releases bombed. Overall, the box office was flat, up 1.1% from last weekend to $101 million. This was also flat when compared to last year, down just 1.7%. Since this weekend was so close to last weekend, it should come as no surprise that the year-over-year comparison hardly moved. This time last week, 2016 was ahead of 2016 by just over 6.7%, while this week its lead is just under 6.8% at $8.10 billion to $7.58 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Pete's Dragon and Suicide Squad Soft, Sausage Party Firm

August 14th, 2016

A precipitous drop from last weekend won't be enough to knock Suicide Squad off its perch at the top of the box office chart, according to studio estimates released on Friday. But a 67% fall is steep, even by modern standards. On the bright side, it is less than Batman v Superman's 69% decline in its second weekend earlier this year, at least according to the estimates. A weak Sunday would put the two films basically neck-and-neck on that front, and it looks increasingly likely that Suicide Squad will end with less than $300 million domestically. More...

Weekend Estimates: Suicide Squad Crashes into August Record Books

August 7th, 2016

One of the most talked-about debuts of the year is shaping up to be one of the better ones. Suicide Squad will open with about $135 million, according to Warner Bros., easily the biggest weekend in August, beating Guardians of the Galaxy's $94.3 million in 2014. It's also the 3rd-best weekend in 2016, and should earn a little more than Deadpool's $132 million debut. In spite of these awesome stats, there's about as much negative press for the film as positive, and some of it not entirely fair. More...

Thursday Previews: Suicide Has more than 20 million Reasons to Live - Update... sort of

August 5th, 2016

Suicide Squad started its domestic run last night with $20.5 million from its Thursday previews. This is the best previews since Captain America: Civil War and nearly double the previous August preview record of $11.2 million, held by Guardians of the Galaxy. This is great news for the studio. ... except for two small problems. This is 26% lower than Batman v. Superman and the two films earned identical reviews. If the two films have identical legs during their opening weekends, it will mean Suicide Squad will make $123 million over the weekend and $244 million in total. That's not enough to revive the hopes of a DC Extended Universe that can rival the MCU. More...

Weekend Predictions: Suicide Hopes to Have Long Life at the Box Office

August 4th, 2016

Before we talk about the weekend predictions... Warner Bros. owns D.C. Comics and a 30% share in Rotten Tomatoes. So accusing Rotten Tomatoes of having an anti-D.C. bias is silly. Starting a petition to shut down Rotten Tomatoes is a sign you really need a more productive hobby. I suggest Magic: The Gathering. ... Moving on... Suicide Squad is the last major release of the summer. Unfortunately, its reviews are among the worst of any $100 million movie released this summer. The counter-programming this week is Nine Lives, a talking animal / body swap movie that still has no reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Many analysts think it will fail to reach the top five during its opening weekend. This weekend last year was the weekend Fantastic Four opened. Suicide Squad should crush that movie at the box office. In fact, it should earn more than the top ten earned last year. More...

Weekend Estimates: Star Trek Falls Short of $60 Million

July 24th, 2016

Star Trek Beyond will fall just short of $60 million at the box office this weekend, according to Sunday estimates from Paramount. The studio has the film coming in at $59.6 million over three days, which is substantially short of the $79.2 million earned on debut by Star Trek (the reboot) in 2009, and the $70.2 million made by Star Trek Into Darkness. The so-so start comes in spite of excellent reviews, which are now running at 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the franchise seems to have trouble reaching beyond its core audience. More...

Featured VOD Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

July 17th, 2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice came out on Video on Demand two weeks ago, but comes out on DVD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, 3D Combo Pack, or 4k Combo Pack this week. I'm reviewing the VOD, not because I got a screener, but because one of the people I game with watched it in theaters and demanded others in our group see it, so he's not the only one to suffer. Is it really as bad as its reputation? Yes. Yes it is. More...

International Box Office: Apocalypse Leaves World Intact with $103.2 million

May 25th, 2016

X-Men: Apocalypse started its international run in first place with $103.2 million. At first glance, that's a good start. On the other hand, the film is playing in 75 markets, so it doesn't have a lot of markets left to open in. Back to the original hand, one of the markets it has yet to open in is China. The film's biggest single market was the U.K., where it opened in first place with $10.99 million in 598 theaters. This is nearly 30% less than Days of Future Past earned and with weaker reviews, it will likely have weaker legs. The movie-to-movie decline was even steeper in Russia, where it was down 38% to $6.41 million on 1,208 screens, and in Australia, where it was down 39% with $4.68 million on 574. On the other hand, it was down a mere 6.4% in Mexico to $8.8 million and actually rose 22% in the Philippines to $4.9 million. If it can get to $600 million worldwide, then the film will break even some time during its home market run. More...

Weekend Estimates: Angry Birds Win Civil War with $39 Million Debut

May 22nd, 2016

The Angry Birds Movie is performing at the top end of expectations this weekend, and will top the box office chart with a commendable $39 million. While that's a long way behind the $75.1 million earned by Zootopia on its opening weekend back in March, it's a very respectable figure, and gives Sony the increasingly-rare bragging rights over Disney this weekend, with Captain America: Civil War dropping to second place with $33.1 million. More...

Weekend Estimates: Disney still dominant, but Money Monster solid on debut

May 15th, 2016

After recording the 5th-biggest opening weekend of all time last weekend, Captain America: Civil War will decline 59% this time around to $72.56 million, according to Disney's Sunday projection. If that number holds, it will put Civil War 8th on the list of best second weekends, almost exactly tied with Iron Man 3. That comparative slip in the rankings isn't of huge consequence, given that the film will sail past $300 million domestically on either Monday or Tuesday, and has already racked up $645 million worldwide, putting it on the brink of $1 billion worldwide a little over two weeks after its international rollout. The Marvel juggernaut continues to roll on. More...

Weekend Estimates: Civil War Sets New 2016 Benchmark with $181.8 Million Projected Weekend

May 8th, 2016

Another weekend, another triumph at the box office for Disney. After a hattrick of wins for The Jungle Book, the studio's Captain America: Civil War will top the chart this weekend with a year's-best $181.8 million, according to the studio's weekend projection, released on Sunday morning. Our model projects that it will fall just short of $180 million, but either way it will set easily a new best weekend in 2016, beating the $166 million debut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and record the fifth-best weekend of all time, landing in between The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3. The Marvel Cinematic Universe now claims four of the top six spots on the all-time list. More...

Friday Estimates: Curse of Great Expectations Strikes Civil War

May 7th, 2016

Friday's estimates are in and Captain America: Civil War did amazing business during its opening day. According to Disney, it earned the 8th-biggest single day of all time with $75.25 million. However, to paraphrase Uncle Ben, with great powers comes great expectations and there are some who consider this a disappointment, because the film isn't living up to the hype. There is some very good news going forward. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Civil War's Explosive Start Doesn't Quite set Preview Records

May 6th, 2016

Summer officially started last night at 7 pm with Captain America: Civil War Thursday previews. The film pulled in $25 million, which is the second best figure for a Marvel Cinematic Universe. The only MCU film to top it was The Avengers: Age of Ultron, which earned $27.6 million last year. On the other hand, Civil War does have better reviews than Age of Ultron earned, so it should have better legs. Likewise, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earned $27.7 million earlier this year, but its legs were hurt by its reviews. I still think Civil War will earn $200 million, more or less, over the weekend. More...

2016 Preview: May

May 1st, 2016

April started on a soft note and ended weak, but thanks to The Jungle Book, overall the month was actually really good. That's what happens when you get a surprise $300 million hit. This bodes well for May, which is both a slow month and a fantastic month. There are only four weekends and only eight movies coming out, but of those eight films, five have a shot at $100 million. The potential blockbusters are led by Captain America: Civil War, which is not only going to be the biggest hit of the month, but according to a Fandango survey, it is the most anticipated film of the summer. (On a side note, Finding Dory is the most anticipated family film of the summer and Ghostbusters is the most anticipated comedy of the summer. I was surprised by the last result.) Both Alice Through the Looking Glass and X-Men: Apocalypse have real shots at $200 million. One of them could get to $300 million, if they weren't opening against each other. Overall, the month looks excellent. Even better, last May there was only one monster hit, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and most analysts think Captain America: Civil War will beat it at the box office. (There's also the issue of the misalignment in the weekends, which hurt April, but will really help May.) More...

Weekend Estimates: Jungle Book projected to top $100 million

April 17th, 2016

2016 is shaping up to be just about the perfect year on all fronts for Disney. They started the year with Star Wars at the top of the box office; Zootopia far out-performed expectations; Captain America: Civil War, Alice Through the Looking Glass and Finding Dory position them perfectly for the Summer; and Doctor Strange and Star Wars: Rogue One are two of the most talked about movies coming at the end of the year. (Oh, and they're slipping a long-awaited Steven Spielberg family-friendly film in the middle of all that.)

All-in-all, this could be a year of studio dominance the likes of which we haven't seen since, well, last year, when Universal could do no wrong. Their incredible year really took flight at the beginning of April, when Furious 7 posted a monthly record $147 million opening weekend. The Jungle Book won't hit those heights, but it will most likely be the second film to top $100 million in April, with Disney projecting a weekend of $103.57 million as of Sunday morning. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

April 4th, 2016

After ranking Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who still haven't seen it, we can do a full featured review. The film smashed box office records here and earned 92% positive reviews. Is it as good as its box office / Tomatometer Score? Or did people just get caught up in the hype? More...

Weekend Estimates: Batman v Superman hits March record $170 milion

March 27th, 2016

Batman and Superman not only had to fight each other this weekend, but also mediocre reviews. They have come through in some style, however, posting a record for March of $170.1 million, according to Warner Bros.' Sunday morning estimate. Our model has the film coming a little below that mark, at $165 million or so, which might mean it won't quite top Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II's $169 million, which is currently the studio's best ever weekend. But the fact that we're comparing the movie to the Harry Potter franchise is nothing but good news for them. More...

2016 Preview: March

March 1st, 2016

It's March 1st, which is not only the beginning of the month, but also Super Tuesday. If you are not American and don't pay attention to American politics, Super Tuesday is sort of like the Oscar night of the primary season. I was going to write about my predictions, but it looks like the race is about to be over. On the Republicans side, if Trump gets more than 50% of the delegates, then he has won. It will be too late to stop him. If he gets less than 40%, then it becomes a real race again. If the polling is correct, then he will get closer to 50% than 40%. On the Democratic side, Sanders needs at least 45% of the delegates, or it is over for him. Anything less than that and Hillary Clinton will have too big a lead to overcome. If the South Carolina result is an indicator, Hillary Clinton could get two-thirds of the delegates awarded tonight.

As for the box office, February was amazing, thanks to Deadpool's record-breaking opening and better than expected legs. The month ended with 2016 being nearly 4% higher than 2015's pace. Additionally, there are some big releases coming out this month with both Zootopia and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice looking to get more than $200 million, while Allegiant should hit $100 million. Last March, there were also three films that earned more than $100 million, but only one $200 million hit, Cinderella. It should be a really close race between 2016 and 2015. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Avengers: Age of Ultron

December 28th, 2015

It's been a few weeks since I did a review. I stopped taking screeners knowing how busy Star Wars: The Force Awakens would keep me, but I figured I should get back in the game. However, there was a question of what late review would be worth checking out? Well, there have been five $1 billion movies to come out this year and I've previously reviewed all of the ones that hit the home market. All of them, but one: The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Of the five $1 billion movies, this one is arguably the one that had the most disappointing run at the box office. Yes, a film that made $1.40 billion worldwide was seen as a box office disappointment by some. This is mostly because its predecessor, The Avengers, broke box office records. The film also earned much weaker reviews than the first movie, but still earned 75% positive reviews, which is very good for a wide release. Is it a real disappointment? Or does it hold up compared to the competition? More...

Home Market Releases for December 8th, 2015

December 7th, 2015

It is both a good week and a bad week on the home market. The top two releases are Ant-Man and Minions, which made more than $500 million and $1 billion globally, respectively. It's rare you get a one-two punch like that on top. However, the competition for those two films is much, much weaker. The third best-selling release, according to Amazon.com, is the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Box Set. It looks amazing, which is why it led this years Holiday Gift Guide, but I'm not sure there are a lot of people who will be willing to spend $200 on a box set when they likely own all or most of the movies. Beyond that, there's mostly TV on DVD releases. The competition for Pick of the Week is also not very deep with Ant-Man coming out on top. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Ant-Man

December 6th, 2015

Ant-Man had the fourth worst global box office for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It earned over $500 million and was still the fourth worst in the franchise's run. That's impressive. One of the reasons for the franchise's success is the quality. No MCU film has earned a Tomatometer Score below the overall positive level, this includes Ant-Man. Is it worthy of this? Or is this the first MCU film I didn't like? More...

2015 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part II - TV on DVD

December 6th, 2015

The second installment of the Holiday Gift Guide focuses on TV on DVD releases. It's going to be a little short this year, because I was not impressed with last year's batch of new releases. There are five networks, but there are only four shows that debuted last season on this list. (Although I admit I don't watch The Flash (DVD or Blu-ray) or Jane the Virgin (DVD) and the WB doesn't hand out screeners.) There were a few other cable shows that started last year that I love, but this includes stuff like Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Daredevil, neither of which are on DVD. Additionally, there weren't as many Full-Series Megasets as years past, at least not ones that I think are worthy for this list. Mad Men might be the only Megaset for a concurrent show that makes the list. This all adds up to a short list this year. More...

2015 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I

November 27th, 2015

It's Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases, as well as franchise box sets. I'm going to try to keep it to a dozen or so releases, as these columns are notorious for getting out of hand. Also, while there were a record number of $1 billion box office hits, there were not as many first run releases that earned stellar reviews this year. More...

International Box Office: Spectre has Spectacular Start

November 5th, 2015

Spectre opened in first place with $80.4 million during its seven-day opening weekend. That doesn't seem like a huge amount, especially considering some of the opening weekends we've seen on the international stage this year. However, there is a mitigating factor. It was only playing in six markets. This includes the U.K., where the film broke records with $62.82 million in 651 theaters. This is equivalent to a $300 million opening week here, which would be the record for a seven-day box office here. We shouldn't get too ahead of ourselves, as Bond films have a natural affinity for that market. It does mean Spectre has a real shot at a $100 million opening weekend here. More...

2015 Preview: October

October 1st, 2015

September ended on a record note with the debut of Hotel Transylvania 2. Additionally, there was great depth and 2015's lead over 2014 grew to nearly $500 million. How do things look going forward? The month starts out with The Martian, which should have no trouble becoming the biggest hit of the month and might even top $200 million. On the other hand, no other film is expected to get to $100 million. There's only one or two that will even come close. Fortunately, last October was very similar with one $100 million hit, Gone Girl, while two other films came close, Annabelle and Fury. It looks like it will be up to the depth films from both years to determine which year comes out on top. More...

Home Market Releases for September 15th, 2015

September 16th, 2015

This week's home market releases are insane, so I'm going to have to be a lot more judicious in pruning the list. If I were to include all releases that are big enough to include, if they were released during a slow week, there would be more than 100 releases on this week's list (including secondary Blu-rays, but not VOD releases). I have to pare that back to a more reasonable number. Why are there so many releases? Firstly, it is the beginning of the Christmas Shopping season and we have two monster hits on this week's list. Secondly, it is the last week before the fall season begins in earnest, so it is the last week for a lot of shows to come out on DVD before they are running into competition from the new season. It should come as no surprise that the best releases on this week's list are in the TV on DVD categories, including Marvel's Agent Carter: Season 1 and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 2. Both of which are co-winners of the Pick of the Week. More...

International Box Office: Summer is Terminated

September 10th, 2015

Terminator: Genisys remained in first place on the international chart, but with only $11.5 million in 8 markets. This lifted its international total to $346.3 million, while it now has $435.9 million worldwide. This helped the film become the second biggest hit in the franchise, assuming you don't take inflation into account. In China, the film managed $26.67 million, but that was for the full week, giving the film a total of $111.92 million after 15 days of release. More...

Weekend Predictions: Summer's Over. Oh boy, is Summer Over!

August 21st, 2015

After last week's reprieve, summer truly ends this week. There are three wide releases coming out, none of which are expected to become even midlevel hits. Also, none of them are earning overall positive reviews. The biggest movie is Sinister 2, which is expected to do well enough to earn a profit, mostly thanks to its very low production budget. American Ultra is the best in terms of Tomatometer Score—by a huge margin. However, it is still earning less than 50% positive reviews by a large margin. The biggest movie in terms of production budget is Hitman: Agent 47, which is bad news for the studio, because it is not expected to do well. In fact, there's almost no chance any of the three new releases will top Straight Outta Compton this weekend. There's a small chance that their combined openings won't top Straight Outta Compton. There is some good news. This weekend last year, there were no movies that earned more than $20 million, which is the absolute low end of Straight Outta Compton's range. On the other hand, If I Stay was the best new release with $15.68 million. That's more than any of the wide releases this year will earn and it only managed third place last year. I think 2015 will win with ease at the top of the chart, but 2014 might have better depth, keeping it ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ant-Man Towers Over Pixels

July 28th, 2015

Ant-Man unexpectedly repeated on top of the weekend box office, as Pixels failed to meet expectations by a sizable margin. In fact, only Southpaw beat expectations. The overall box office sunk as a result, down 22% from last weekend to $151 million. Worse still, this was 2.3% lower than the same weekend last year. Fortunately, 2015 has won a lot more weeks than it has lost and has built up an impressive 8.2% lead over 2014 at $6.45 billion to $5.96 billion. It isn't impossible for 2015 to lose a lead that large, but I'm cautiously optimistic that it can see this lead grow through to the end of the year. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ant-Man Defeats Poor Pixels

July 26th, 2015

Three new wide releases and three returning movies that are still pulling in good crowds will produce a box office chart with no knock-out winner this weekend. That's in large part thanks to a disappointing debut from Pixels. The Adam Sandler/Kevin James-comedy/adventure-Ghostbusters/wannabe will earn about $24 million this weekend, according to Sony's Sunday estimate. That puts it in danger of not even earning back its marketing budget domestically, let alone starting to recover the $88 million production budget. It also means that Ant-Man will top the charts for a second weekend. More...

Weekend Predictions: Is Pixels Poised to Top the Weekend Chart?

July 24th, 2015

Pixels leads a group of three wide releases looking to battle for limited box office dollars. It appears to be on track for first place, but with not as much as I anticipated at the beginning of the month. This is partially explained by its reviews which are lower than the 30% to 40% positive range I was anticipating. Paper Towns is earning much better reviews, but still barely above the overall positive level. Finally there's Southpaw, which is earning mixed reviews and its buzz is weak, so it will likely be outside the top five over the weekend. Both Ant-Man and Minions should continue to perform well, with the former having a shot at first place, if Pixels flops. This weekend last year, there were two wide releases that did quite well, Lucy and Hercules. I don't think any of the new releases this week will come close to earning the same as Lucy did, but I think the depth is better this year, so 2015 will still come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ant-Man Tops Terrific Weekend

July 20th, 2015

The top of the box office had a small surprise, as Ant-Man earned first place with $57.23 million over the weekend. This is a little lower than predicted, but Minions really collapsed, so Ant-Man easily won the race for the top of the box office race. Meanwhile, Trainwreck had a solid third place opening and could be on its way to $100 million, thanks in part to its target demographic and to its reviews. Overall, the box office pulled in $194 million. This is 9.6% lower than last weekend, but more importantly, it is 30% higher than the same weekend last year. 30%. That's a massive margin of victory. Year-to-date, 2015 has pulled in $6.20 billion, which is 8.1% more than 2014's pace. Summer is winding down, so 2015 is in a great place moving into the slower part of the year. Even if August and September are slower than average, there's almost no chance 2015 will blow through the $460 million lead it has over 2014. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ant-Man Misses Out, Trainwreck Breaks Out

July 19th, 2015

Perhaps we're seeing the first signs of multiplex fatigue? In the midst of a buoyant Summer at the movies, Ant-Man will debut with around $58 million, according to Sunday estimates, about 10% below expectations, and well short of the $94 million earned by Guardians of the Galaxy this time last year. It's a very good opening, to be sure, but the second slightly disappointing debut from the Marvel Cinematic Universe this year, after The Avengers: Age of Ultron's $191 million opening weekend back in May. We're talking disappointment of the level of seeing Babe Ruth only hit one home run in a game here, so we need to put things in perspective. It's the twelfth straight $50 million-plus opening for the franchise in seven years—an unprecedented box office run. More...

Friday Estimates: Ant-Man Stands Tall on Opening Friday

July 18th, 2015

Ant-Man opened in first place with $22.64 million on Friday, which puts it well ahead of Minions on the Friday box office chart. On the other hand, it was a little disappointing compared to expectations. Figuring out where it will end up is deceptively tricky given the number of other Marvel Cinematic Universe films to compare it to. Ant-Man's reviews continued to tick up, and are now at 80% positive—in the same range as the first Captain America movie. It also had a similar opening day to that film. However, Captain America opened before The Avengers and one could argue that every film after that should be considered a sequel, which would tend them towards being even more front-loaded than original films. Factoring that in, look for Ant-Man to post around $56 million over its opening weekend, which will give it an easy first place debut. Unless its legs are as long as Guardians of the Galaxy's, it won't reach $200 million in total, but it should top its budget (reportedly $130 million) so it will become a box office success. Analysts hoping for the first MCU bomb will have to wait. More...

Thursday Night: Ant-Man's $6.4 Million Points to Healthy Weekend

July 17th, 2015

Ant-Man posted a reported $6.4 million on Thursday evening, a healthy number for a movie that's not a sequel. Although it sort of is a sequel, or at least sort of a franchise film. It's certainly considered part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so looking for comparable Thursday night openings presents a bit of a challenge. The bottom line, though, looks as though the film is headed into the weekend a little ahead of expectations. More...

Weekend Predictions: How Large Will Ant-Man Grow?

July 16th, 2015

There could be an interesting race on top of the box office charts this weekend, as Ant-Man will be looking to unseat Minions. However, while I think Ant-Man will come out on top on Friday, I think Minions will repeat over the weekend. The other new release of the week is Trainwreck, which has seen its reviews fall from 100% positive to a mere 90% positive. The amazing reviews and the success of R-rated female-centric films lately suggests it has the potential to reach $100 million. Inside Out and Jurassic World will also both hit milestones, so it should be an exciting weekend. This weekend last year, none of the three wide releases were particularly strong, which left Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in first place for the second weekend in a row with $36.25 million. Both Minions and Ant-Man will top that. Trainwreck might top that as well. It should be a good weekend for 2015 in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Genisys Takes Over the World

July 9th, 2015

Terminator: Genisys expanded its market count to 47 over the weekend, which allowed it to rise to first place with $74.0 million for a two-week total of $85.5 million internationally. Its biggest new market was Russia, where it dominated with $11.17 million on 2,192 screens over the weekend. South Korea was close behind with $9.24 million on 1,113 screens for a total opening of $11.06 million. The film earned first place in Mexico with $4.73 million on 1,307 for a total opening of $6.18 million. It only managed second place in Brazil with $3.9 million on 1,012. In all four markets, the film set records for the franchise. It wasn't as lucky in the U.K., where it opened in second place with $5.83 million in 536 theaters. That's about on par with its opening here in the US. The goal for the film is to earn over $200 million internationally and $300 million worldwide. If it can get there, then the film will likely break even, eventually. On the other hand, "breaking even" isn't enough to justify continuing the reboot trilogy. More...

2015 Preview: July

July 1st, 2015

June was a much better month than expected due to two films, Jurassic World and Inside Out. Had those two films merely matched expectations, then 2015 would have likely fallen behind 2014. As for this coming month, there are five weekends in July and each week there is at least one film with the potential to reach $100 million. Most weeks there are two films that at least have a shot at getting to the century mark. The biggest hit of the month will likely be Minions, which has already opened in several international markets and it's ahead of Despicable Me 2 at the same point. That film made more than $300 million and nearly $1 billion worldwide, so any growth would be fantastic. There are also a number of potential $200 million films, led by Ant-man. Ant-man is the latest release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a franchise that has averaged $300 million domestically over eleven films and all of the past six films have reached at least $200 million. I'm not saying this one is guaranteed to do the same, but you can't dismiss that possibility. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Pixels have smaller chances to get to $200 million, but you have to at least entertain the possibility. Additionally, last July was a lot weaker than this July looks to be, so 2015 should win in the year-over-year comparison most weeks. Or I might have let the box office success of June cloud my judgment. We will soon find out. More...

International Box Office: Age of Billionaires

May 21st, 2015

The Avengers: Age of Ultron remained in first place with ease earning $185.0 million in 91 markets for totals of $770.5 million internationally and $1.143 billion worldwide. The film is now the eighth biggest hit of all time, while two of the films above it are also from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We actually thought that Disney might have overpaid when they bought Marvel. We were wrong. In our defense, no one saw this coming. This past weekend, the film opened in first place in China with $84.84 million for a six-day opening of $154.63 million. China is already the biggest market for Age of Ultron's international run, and it only took four days to get there. Up next for the film is Japan, but the film doesn't open there till July. More...

Weekend Estimates: Hot Pursuit No Match for Ultron

May 10th, 2015

Hot Pursuit is utterly failing to live up to its name this weekend, with an anaemic $13.3 million opening—the worst for Reese Witherspoon since Cruel Intentions in 1999, and her worst ever for a wide-release movie, when adjusted for inflation. The Avengers: Age of Ultron wasn't really expected to be threatened in first place, and is actually doing quite well for a movie that opened with close to $200 million. It will be down about 60% this weekend to $77.2 million, per Disney, the second-best second weekend ever, just ahead of Avatar, and some way behind The Avengers. More...

Weekend Predictions: New Release in Hot Pursuit of Ultron

May 7th, 2015

The Avengers: Age of Ultron will continue to lead the way at the box office this weekend, but Hot Pursuit hopes to at least put in a good showing as counter-programming. Its reviews suggest that will be an uphill battle. Additionally, Age of Ultron will probably suffer a pretty big drop when compared to last week, because it is a comic book movie, its a sequel and its reviews are lower than its predecessor's were. This weekend last year, Neighbors opened with close to $50 million. Age of Ultron will earn more than that. It could earn more than Neighbors and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 made combined, while Hot Pursuit will make twice what the two counter-programming releases made last year. 2015 should come away with an easy win. More...

Weekend Estimates: Age of Ultron Projected to Fall Short of Record

May 3rd, 2015

The Avengers: Age of Ultron looks set to fall just short of the all-time box office record this weekend, based on Disney's Sunday morning weekend projection. There were already signs it would struggle after Friday's numbers were announced, and Saturday's $57 million day leaves the film with much too much to do on Sunday to break the record. Disney is projecting $187.66 million as of this morning, and I expect the film to come in a shade below that, based on other tracking. It's pretty hard to call $188 million a disappointing weekend, although it is short of most expectations. The film still has plenty of entries in the record books to celebrate. More...

Note: This list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise.

Person	Nr. of Movies	Role	Franchise Worldwide Box Office	Career Worldwide Box Office	Franchise / Career
Stan Lee	22	Himself	$21,424,275,677	$30,590,707,495	70.0%
Robert Downey, Jr.	11	Tony Stark/Iron Man	$12,845,791,484	$15,725,692,157	81.7%
Samuel L. Jackson	11	Nick Fury	$12,755,644,716	$27,685,809,132	46.1%
Chris Evans	9	Steve Rogers / Captain America	$11,512,597,419	$13,533,852,432	85.1%
Chris Hemsworth	8	Thor	$9,697,170,189	$11,686,119,011	83.0%
Scarlett Johansson	8	Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow	$10,615,709,255	$14,981,772,792	70.9%
Jon Favreau	7	Happy Hogan	$7,868,044,403	$12,699,389,541	62.0%
Paul Bettany	7	Vision	$10,741,225,459	$13,398,145,139	80.2%
Gwyneth Paltrow	7	Pepper Potts	$9,657,507,946	$11,859,598,161	81.4%
Don Cheadle	6	Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes	$9,226,125,248	$12,414,116,942	74.3%
Mark Ruffalo	6	Bruce Banner/Hulk	$9,021,193,288	$11,384,732,237	79.2%
Benedict Cumberbatch	6	Stephen Strange	$7,006,822,705	$12,843,932,478	54.6%
Tom Holland	6	Peter Parker/Spider-Man	$8,642,783,239	$9,512,152,349	90.9%
Paul Rudd	6	Scott Lang / Ant-Man	$7,136,262,717	$10,269,733,588	69.5%
Tom Hiddleston	6	Loki	$8,301,853,210	$9,395,428,292	88.4%
Benedict Wong	6	Wong	$6,574,292,160	$8,641,353,889	76.1%
Clark Gregg	5	Agent Coulson	$4,300,482,153	$5,113,860,892	84.1%
Sebastian Stan	5	Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier	$7,079,231,273	$7,972,970,191	88.8%
Jeremy Renner	5	Clint Barton/Hawkeye	$8,904,676,798	$11,953,039,776	74.5%
Idris Elba	5	Heimdall	$5,384,269,414	$12,085,240,429	44.6%
Anthony Mackie	5	Sam Wilson/Falcon	$8,103,978,476	$10,152,909,011	79.8%
Elizabeth Olsen	5	Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch	$7,389,576,587	$8,013,171,267	92.2%
Cobie Smulders	5	Maria Hill	$6,801,892,434	$7,817,827,683	87.0%
Marisa Tomei	5	May Parker	$6,598,242,716	$8,866,164,407	74.4%
Hayley Atwell	5	Peggy Carter	$5,796,947,657	$6,651,910,878	87.1%
Jacob Batalon	5	Ned Leeds	$7,490,864,718	$7,606,844,254	98.5%
William Hurt	5	Thaddeus Ross	$6,635,307,646	$8,886,825,470	74.7%
Evangeline Lilly	4	Hope van Dyne/The Wasp	$3,939,803,673	$6,268,968,413	62.8%
Stellan Skarsgård	4	Erik Selvig	$4,004,346,324	$9,845,276,924	40.7%
Chris Pratt	4	Peter Quill/Star-Lord	$6,482,336,583	$11,710,341,715	55.4%
Natalie Portman	4	Jane Foster	$3,891,729,698	$8,242,099,928	47.2%
Dave Bautista	4	Drax the Destroyer	$6,482,336,583	$8,227,639,089	78.8%
Bradley Cooper	4	Rocket	$6,482,336,583	$11,350,852,447	57.1%
Karen Gillan	4	Nebula	$6,482,336,583	$8,763,264,501	74.0%
Zoe Saldana	4	Gamora	$6,482,336,583	$12,266,871,152	52.8%
Chadwick Boseman	4	T'Challa/Black Panther	$7,330,753,929	$7,683,029,010	95.4%
John Slattery	4	Howard Stark	$5,089,733,923	$6,339,313,042	80.3%
Maximiliano Hernández	4	Agent Jasper Sitwell	$5,476,629,282	$5,585,180,370	98.1%
Zendaya	3	MJ	$2,648,523,631	$3,856,964,220	68.7%
Anthony Hopkins	3	Odin	$1,944,411,912	$6,342,647,502	30.7%
Michael Douglas	3		$1,142,003,109	$3,918,441,876	29.1%
Brie Larson	3	Carol Danvers/Vers/Captain Marvel	$4,345,480,185	$5,628,128,592	77.2%
Danai Gurira	3	Okoye	$6,178,835,408	$6,272,593,058	98.5%
Ray Stevenson	3	Volstagg	$1,944,411,912	$3,862,519,195	50.3%
Tony Revolori	3	Flash Thompson	$2,648,523,631	$2,993,801,439	88.5%
Vin Diesel	3	Groot	$3,684,536,019	$11,821,434,951	31.2%
Tadanobu Asano	3	Hogun	$1,944,411,912	$3,361,600,788	57.8%
Tessa Thompson	3	Valkyrie	$3,648,283,342	$4,460,197,986	81.8%
Letitia Wright	3	Shuri	$6,178,835,408	$6,876,534,071	89.9%
Frank Grillo	3	Brock Rumlow	$4,664,120,974	$6,297,762,808	74.1%
Angourie Rice	3	Betty Brant	$2,648,523,631	$2,872,528,694	92.2%
Pom Klementieff	3	Mantis	$5,711,454,188	$5,968,705,030	95.7%
Taika Waititi	3	Korg	$3,648,283,342	$4,462,549,584	81.8%
Rene Russo	3	Frigga	$3,891,729,698	$6,111,877,668	63.7%
Winston Duke	3	M'Baku	$6,178,835,408	$6,435,840,085	96.0%
Kerry Condon	3	F.R.I.D.A.Y.	$5,994,259,608	$6,232,182,780	96.2%
Pat Kiernan	3	Himself	$3,323,987,524	$4,808,302,706	69.1%
Michael B. Jordan	2	Erik Killmonger	$1,336,494,321	$2,240,682,085	59.6%
Rachel McAdams	2	Dr. Christine Palmer	$676,354,481	$3,663,157,773	18.5%
Michael Peña	2	Luis	$1,142,003,109	$5,390,686,459	21.2%
Lee Pace	2	Ronan the Accuser	$1,900,609,783	$6,133,568,798	31.0%
Michael Rooker	2	Yondu Udonta	$1,639,995,496	$3,991,447,616	41.1%
Djimon Hounsou	2	Korath the Pursuer	$1,900,609,783	$8,512,999,261	22.3%
Kat Dennings	2	Darcy Lewis	$1,093,929,134	$1,563,628,386	70.0%
Bobby Cannavale	2	Paxton	$1,142,003,109	$4,248,009,363	26.9%
Gemma Chan	2	Minn-Erva	$1,529,661,815	$3,478,171,757	44.0%
Tim Roth	2	Emil Blonsky	$683,526,092	$1,811,688,622	37.7%
Judy Greer	2	Maggie	$1,142,003,109	$6,540,192,284	17.5%
T.I. Tip Harris	2	Dave	$1,142,003,109	$1,714,698,845	66.6%
Leslie Bibb	2	Christine Everhart	$1,206,327,936	$2,063,369,137	58.5%
Ben Kingsley	2	The Mandarin	$1,633,344,505	$5,917,524,256	27.6%
Toby Jones	2	Armin Zola	$1,084,971,665	$7,928,205,370	13.7%
Emily VanCamp	2	Agent 13	$1,866,320,410	$2,028,774,923	92.0%
David Dastmalchian	2	Kurt	$1,142,003,109	$3,085,749,233	37.0%
Martin Freeman	2	Everett K. Ross	$2,488,412,842	$6,129,144,754	40.6%
J.B. Smoove	2	Mr. Dell	$1,770,177,191	$2,884,374,705	61.4%
Zachary Levi	2	Fandral	$1,495,085,294	$3,101,616,384	48.2%
Glenn Close	2	Nova Prime	$1,639,995,496	$4,310,313,497	38.0%
Sean Gunn	2	Kraglin	$1,639,995,496	$1,818,909,010	90.2%
Jaimie Alexander	2	Sif	$1,093,929,134	$1,143,155,747	95.7%
Jenny Agutter	2	World Security Council	$2,229,502,100	$2,328,725,805	95.7%
Andy Serkis	2	Ulysses Klaue	$2,731,811,300	$14,430,295,066	18.9%
Abby Ryder Fortson	2	Cassie Lang	$1,142,003,109	$1,237,250,083	92.3%
Martin Starr	2	Mr. Harrington	$2,010,879,272	$2,509,622,577	80.1%
Kenneth Choi	2	Jim Morita	$1,248,916,216	$2,988,975,653	41.8%
Jeff Goldblum	2	Grandmaster	$1,719,595,879	$7,456,971,576	23.1%
Garry Shandling	2	Senator Stern	$1,335,558,278	$3,036,138,463	44.0%
Josh Brolin	2	Thanos	$4,842,341,087	$8,758,631,188	55.3%
John Kani	2	T'Chaka	$2,488,412,842	$4,181,344,689	59.5%
Hannibal Buress	2	Coach Wilson	$1,515,990,799	$4,434,317,528	34.2%
Jorge Lendeborg Jr	2	Jason Ionello	$1,515,990,799	$2,449,324,845	61.9%
Laura Haddock	2	Meredith Quill	$1,639,995,496	$2,329,633,112	70.4%
Benicio del Toro	2	The Collector	$2,815,422,918	$5,736,508,586	49.1%
Michelle Yeoh	2	Jiang Nan	$1,287,065,334	$3,762,869,637	34.2%
Zach Cherry	2	Klev	$1,296,298,673	$1,416,255,246	91.5%
J.K. Simmons	2	J. Jonah Jameson	$1,770,177,191	$10,173,399,999	17.4%
Florence Kasumba	2	Ayo	$3,381,034,844	$5,853,460,490	57.8%
Tilda Swinton	2	The Ancient One	$3,474,155,045	$6,455,226,474	53.8%
Gozie Agbo	2	Theo Broussard	$1,866,320,410	$1,866,320,410	100.0%
Isabella Amara	2	Sally Avril	$2,922,886,963	$3,056,720,394	95.6%
Robert Redford	2	Agent Alexander Pierce	$3,512,202,453	$5,756,608,354	61.0%
Angela Bassett	2	Ramonda	$4,134,294,885	$7,444,692,351	55.5%
Alexis Denisof	2	The Other	$2,285,982,606	$2,290,311,456	99.8%
Zack Duhame	2	Engine Pirate	$1,233,260,338	$1,827,824,659	67.5%
Callan Mulvey	2	Jack Rollins	$3,512,202,453	$5,341,361,159	65.8%
Brian Schaeffer	2	Strucker Mercenary	$2,016,473,368	$2,016,473,368	100.0%
Tiffany Espensen	2	Cindy	$2,922,886,963	$3,171,750,828	92.2%
Terry Notary	2	Groot	$4,842,341,087	$7,629,655,282	63.5%
Jamie McShane	2	Agent Jackson	$1,964,426,829	$2,609,162,537	75.3%
Stephen Blackehart	2	Brahl	$1,639,995,496	$1,852,075,106	88.5%
Stephen McFeely	2	SHIELD Interrogator #2	$2,758,942,412	$2,758,942,412	100.0%
Rob Zombie	2	Himself	$1,639,995,496	$1,657,947,707	98.9%
Ross Marquand	2	Red Skull	$4,842,341,087	$4,842,372,935	100.0%

Note: This list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise.

Person	Nr. of Movies	Technical Role	Franchise Worldwide Box Office	Career Worldwide Box Office	Franchise / Career
Kevin Feige	30	Producer (30)	$24,387,813,707	$29,301,040,448	83.2%
Louis D'Esposito	26	Executive Producer (26)	$24,122,239,848	$24,900,478,128	96.9%
Victoria Alonso	26	Executive Producer (22) Co-Producer (4)	$24,122,239,848	$24,122,239,848	100.0%
Stan Lee	25	Executive Producer (22) Story Creator (12) Character Creator (1)	$23,569,927,047	$35,900,558,232	65.7%
Dave Jordan	20	Music Supervisor (20)	$20,204,834,631	$23,765,890,890	85.0%
Sarah Halley Finn	20	Casting Director (20)	$21,297,520,214	$28,332,789,578	75.2%
Steve Durkee	17	Supervising Music Editor (16) Score Supervisor (11)	$18,980,086,217	$20,600,547,625	92.1%
Shannon Mills	11	Supervising Sound Editor (8) Sound Designer (6) Additional Sound Designer (1)	$11,570,093,316	$25,812,520,320	44.8%
Jack Kirby	10	Story Creator (10) Captain America Created by (1)	$10,608,878,468	$11,476,523,588	92.4%
Mitch Bell	10	Co-Producer (7) Associate Producer (3)	$11,566,905,803	$11,566,905,803	100.0%
Alan Fine	9	Executive Producer (9)	$6,700,507,283	$6,700,507,283	100.0%
Jeffrey Ford	9	Editor (9)	$11,842,685,094	$12,294,582,132	96.3%
Juan Peralta	9	Re-recording Mixer (9)	$10,022,104,381	$12,081,655,979	83.0%
Steve Orlando	9	Sound Effects Editor (6) Supervising Assistant Editor (2) Assistant Supervising Sound Editor (1)	$9,620,317,863	$16,889,901,505	57.0%
Nashia Wachsman	9	Music Editor (9)	$11,756,822,774	$11,900,329,797	98.8%
Robin Buday	9	Assistant Editor (9)	$12,148,469,799	$12,159,242,807	99.9%
David J. Grant	8	Co-Producer (6) Associate Producer (1) Executive Producer (1)	$7,667,013,124	$8,821,058,514	86.9%
Josh Gold	8	Sound Effects Editor (8)	$9,763,869,215	$17,489,996,866	55.8%
Nia Hansen	8	Sound Designer (6) Foley Editor (1) Sound Effects Editor (1)	$9,060,032,011	$12,435,086,153	72.9%
Dan Sudick	8	Special Effects Supervisor (4) Visual Effects Supervisor (2) Special Effects Coordinator (1) Visual Effects Designer (1)	$10,260,378,556	$12,079,499,754	84.9%
Charles Wood	7	Production Designer (7)	$8,704,971,637	$9,985,297,890	87.2%
Dan Lebental	7	Editor (7)	$5,003,812,833	$6,504,206,645	76.9%
Daniel Laurie	7	Supervising Sound Editor (7)	$8,754,357,205	$11,463,714,273	76.4%
Tom Johnson	7	Re-recording Mixer (7)	$8,527,019,087	$22,427,394,788	38.0%
Lars P. Winther	7	Assistant Director (7) Associate Producer (3) Co-Producer (1)	$7,114,511,831	$8,186,863,597	86.9%
Brad Semenoff	7	Dialogue/ADR Editor (7)	$8,807,276,901	$15,716,026,780	56.0%
Christopher Markus	6	Screenwriter (6) Co-Producer (1)	$7,723,833,789	$9,363,716,717	82.5%
Stephen McFeely	6	Screenwriter (6) Co-Producer (1)	$7,723,833,789	$9,363,716,717	82.5%
Jon Favreau	6	Executive Producer (6) Director (2)	$8,659,378,274	$11,949,009,505	72.5%
Patricia Whitcher	6	Executive Producer (6) Unit Production Manager (1)	$6,519,736,157	$8,356,675,251	78.0%
Jacob Riehle	6	Foley Editor (3) Dialogue Editor (2) Assistant Sound Editor (1)	$8,337,000,147	$18,942,461,288	44.0%
James Gunn	5	Director (3) Screenwriter (3) Executive Producer (2)	$6,482,336,583	$7,015,399,380	92.4%
David Maisel	5	Executive Producer (5)	$2,291,798,189	$2,796,144,888	82.0%
Jeremy Latcham	5	Executive Producer (4) Co-Producer (1)	$5,180,802,414	$5,211,981,356	99.4%
Ben Davis	5	Director of Photography (5)	$4,372,215,670	$5,808,680,748	75.3%
Judianna Makovsky	5	Costume Designer (5)	$7,577,774,598	$11,336,897,581	66.8%
Christopher Townsend	5	Visual Effects Supervisor (5)	$4,980,119,516	$5,285,510,345	94.2%
Lauri Gaffin	5	Set Decorator (5)	$3,461,736,423	$5,363,123,804	64.5%
Christopher Boyes	5	Sound Designer (5) Supervising Sound Editor (4) Re-recording Mixer (3)	$4,622,037,930	$35,595,509,108	13.0%
Lora Hirschberg	5	Re-recording Mixer (5)	$4,645,484,057	$14,064,854,378	33.0%
Chris Castaldi	5	First Assistant Director (5)	$7,200,587,544	$15,559,363,650	46.3%
Anthony Russo	4	Director (4)	$6,708,661,497	$6,884,365,713	97.4%
Joe Russo	4	Director (4)	$6,708,661,497	$6,884,365,713	97.4%
Chris McKenna	4	Screenwriter (4)	$3,271,668,291	$4,574,865,399	71.5%
Erik Sommers	4	Screenwriter (4)	$3,271,668,291	$4,543,852,050	72.0%
Nate Moore	4	Executive Producer (2) Co-Producer (1) Producer (1)	$3,602,749,158	$3,602,749,158	100.0%
Michael Grillo	4	Executive Producer (4)	$6,075,601,425	$7,141,985,691	85.1%
Avi Arad	4	Executive Producer (3) Producer (2)	$2,620,922,597	$11,559,755,291	22.7%
Jonathan Schwartz	4	Executive Producer (2) Co-Producer (1) Producer (1)	$3,187,675,117	$3,580,645,815	89.0%
Charles Newirth	4	Executive Producer (4)	$2,932,843,646	$4,723,930,845	62.1%
Trent Opaloch	4	Director of Photography (4)	$6,708,661,497	$7,312,309,075	91.7%
Stephen Broussard	4	Executive Producer (2) Co-Producer (1) Associate Producer (1)	$2,527,890,388	$2,527,890,388	100.0%
Larry Lieber	4	Story Creator (4)	$2,278,799,214	$2,278,799,214	100.0%
Matthew Schmidt	4	Editor (4)	$6,369,733,787	$6,369,733,787	100.0%
Dan DeLeeuw	4	Visual Effects Supervisor (4)	$6,708,661,497	$7,005,481,171	95.8%
Michael Giacchino	4	Composer (4)	$3,324,878,112	$18,855,407,107	17.6%
Alan Silvestri	4	Composer (4)	$6,728,011,074	$18,855,973,897	35.7%
Alexandra Byrne	4	Costume Designer (4)	$3,291,880,473	$4,323,330,044	76.1%
Brian Stultz	4	Art Director (4)	$6,695,377,718	$10,411,529,385	64.3%
Janek Sirrs	4	Visual Effects Supervisor (4)	$4,664,106,411	$6,040,648,113	77.2%
John Mahaffie	4	Second Unit Director (4)	$4,073,878,155	$8,481,874,798	48.0%
Igor Meglic	4	Second Unit Camera (4)	$3,803,768,258	$12,764,669,161	29.8%
Jeff Habberstad	4	Stunt Coordinator (2) Second Unit Director (2) Utility Stunts (1)	$3,234,547,885	$9,995,076,063	32.4%
Randi Hiller	4	Casting Director (4)	$3,170,754,765	$5,176,910,355	61.2%
Andy Gill	4	Stunt Coordinator-Second Unit (4)	$3,825,959,391	$11,128,985,064	34.4%
Paul Corbould	4	Special Effects Supervisor (3) SFX Supervisor (1)	$2,462,409,168	$4,837,566,824	50.9%
Peyton Reed	3	Director (3)	$1,142,003,109	$1,699,631,891	67.2%
Jon Watts	3	Director (3) Screenwriter (1)	$2,648,523,631	$2,651,049,250	99.9%
Amy Pascal	3	Producer (3)	$2,648,523,631	$5,091,818,364	52.0%
Steve Ditko	3	Story based on the Marvel Comic Book by (3)	$2,648,523,631	$6,626,674,396	40.0%
Nigel Gostelow	3	Executive Producer (3)	$1,390,646,471	$2,278,002,322	61.0%
Brad Winderbaum	3	Executive Producer (2) Co-Producer (1)	$1,744,815,406	$1,744,815,406	100.0%
Craig Kyle	3	Co-Producer (1) Executive Producer (1) Screenwriter (1)	$1,944,411,912	$1,944,411,912	100.0%
Craig Wood	3	Editor (3)	$2,039,929,923	$6,937,251,901	29.4%
Don Heck	3	Story Creator (2) Character Creator (1)	$1,581,802,115	$1,581,802,115	100.0%
Leigh Folsom-Boyd	3	Editor (3)	$2,145,651,370	$4,811,181,173	44.6%
Geoffrey Baumann	3	Visual Effects Supervisor-Additional Visual Effects Supervisor (3)	$3,107,285,479	$3,107,285,479	100.0%
Trinh Tran	3	Executive Producer (2) Associate Producer (1)	$5,994,259,608	$5,994,259,608	100.0%
Jake Morrison	3	Visual Effects Supervisor (3) Special Effects Supervisor (1)	$2,013,943,743	$2,336,938,273	86.2%
Jamie Christopher	3	First Assistant Director (3) Associate Producer (3)	$2,810,801,890	$14,797,033,649	19.0%
Peter J. Devlin	3	Sound Mixer (3)	$3,001,213,211	$9,432,661,372	31.8%
Frank Eulner	3	Supervising Sound Editor (3)	$2,721,428,147	$9,087,230,619	29.9%
Ernie Avila	3	Set Designer (3) Art Director (1)	$2,336,055,324	$8,420,318,688	27.7%
Russell Earl	3	ILM Visual Effects Supervisor (2) Visual Effects Designer (1)	$5,556,742,976	$5,814,715,721	95.6%
Bria Kinter	3	Set Designer (3)	$5,711,454,188	$9,624,918,837	59.3%
Diana Giorgiutti	3	Visual Effects Producer (3)	$1,612,787,583	$1,827,868,393	88.2%
Richard Roberts	3	Set Decorator (3)	$2,166,199,374	$12,194,482,859	17.8%
Jonathan Taylor	3	Second Unit Director (3)	$1,762,608,560	$7,743,342,043	22.8%
Richard Mays	3	Set Designer (2) Art Director (1)	$2,429,300,824	$5,705,621,459	42.6%
Thomas Robinson Harper	3	Stunt Coordinator (3)	$2,106,440,673	$4,209,989,384	50.0%
Taika Waititi	2	Director (2)	$850,482,778	$978,933,073	86.9%
Joss Whedon	2	Director (2) Screenwriter (2)	$2,910,417,190	$3,577,110,084	81.4%
Ryan Coogler	2	Director (2) Screenwriter (2)	$1,336,494,321	$1,892,176,566	70.6%
Eric Pearson	2	Screenwriter (2)	$1,225,956,957	$1,693,668,624	72.4%
Zak Penn	2	Story Creator (1) Screenwriter (1)	$1,780,674,070	$3,743,274,249	47.6%
Christopher L. Yost	2	Screenwriter (2)	$1,495,085,294	$1,499,648,374	99.7%
Don Payne	2	Screenwriter (1) Story Creator (1)	$1,093,929,134	$1,444,182,681	75.7%
Jac Schaeffer	2	Screenwriter (1) Story Creator (1)	$1,505,201,567	$1,602,611,346	93.9%
Paul Rudd	2	Screenwriter (2)	$1,142,003,109	$1,260,663,869	90.6%
Nicole Perlman	2	Screenwriter (1) Story by (1)	$1,900,609,783	$2,332,154,246	81.5%
Joe Simon	2	Based on the Marvel Comic by (1) Captain America Created by (1)	$1,885,669,987	$1,885,669,987	100.0%
Rachel O'Connor	2	Executive Producer (2)	$1,770,177,191	$1,989,072,625	89.0%
Matt Tolmach	2	Executive Producer (2)	$1,770,177,191	$6,396,255,892	27.7%
Fred Raskin	2	Editor (2)	$1,639,995,496	$3,651,569,041	44.9%
Lisa Lassek	2	Editor (2)	$2,910,417,190	$3,773,713,749	77.1%
JoAnn Perritano	2	Unit Production Manager (1) Executive Producer (1)	$1,352,046,248	$2,300,161,203	58.8%
Thomas M. Hammel	2	Executive Producer (2) Unit Production Manager (1)	$1,983,015,610	$5,044,576,008	39.3%
Ramin Djawadi	2	Composer (2)	$985,105,974	$3,812,370,933	25.8%
Matthew Libatique	2	Cinematographer (2)	$1,206,327,936	$4,842,982,701	24.9%
Henry Jackman	2	Composer (2)	$1,866,320,410	$11,004,812,287	17.0%
Stephane Ceretti	2	Visual Effects Supervisor (2)	$1,447,236,876	$1,648,126,527	87.8%
Ryan Meinerding	2	Head of Visual Development (2)	$1,828,273,002	$1,828,273,002	100.0%
Tyler Bates	2	Composer (2)	$1,639,995,496	$5,690,414,378	28.8%
Christophe Beck	2	Composer (2)	$1,142,003,109	$11,439,524,536	10.0%
Debbie Berman	2	Editor (2)	$2,008,073,828	$2,008,112,182	100.0%
Andy Nicholson	2	Supervising Art Director (1) Production Designer (1)	$1,500,297,164	$4,703,883,556	31.9%
Louise Frogley	2	Costume Designer (2)	$2,093,738,712	$3,777,907,917	55.4%
J. Michael Riva	2	Production Designer (2)	$1,206,327,936	$5,034,834,731	24.0%
Ray Chan	2	Supervising Art Director (1) Art Director (1)	$1,320,956,997	$1,419,033,452	93.1%
Greg Hooper	2	Art Director (2)	$2,667,018,732	$7,743,741,165	34.4%
David Klassen	2	Supervising Art Director (2)	$1,206,327,936	$2,035,396,204	59.3%
Lee Gilmore	2	Sound Effects Editor (2)	$1,492,257,761	$17,234,677,978	8.7%
Brian Tyler	2	Composer (2) Score Producer (1)	$2,610,709,251	$12,549,850,239	20.8%
Jose Antonio Garcia	2	Sound Mixer (2)	$2,730,492,483	$6,897,650,948	39.6%
David Stephenson	2	Sound Mixer (2)	$1,015,172,292	$2,218,941,871	45.8%
John Bush	2	Set Decorator (2)	$1,046,924,257	$2,379,079,380	44.0%
Guy Williams	2	Visual Effects Supervisor (2)	$2,084,505,373	$5,815,419,761	35.8%
Beat Frutiger	2	Art Director (2)	$1,592,748,329	$4,739,250,562	33.6%
Mike Stallion	2	Art Director (2)	$1,447,236,876	$2,151,749,786	67.3%
Spiro Razatos	2	Second Unit Director (2) Stunt Coordinator (1)	$1,866,320,410	$11,678,547,498	16.0%
Jordan Crockett	2	Art Director (2)	$1,447,236,876	$1,871,773,757	77.3%
Jason T. Clark	2	Art Director (2)	$1,806,081,869	$1,913,442,805	94.4%
Jann Engel	2	Art Director (1) Set Designer (1)	$2,229,502,100	$2,637,475,640	84.5%
Ben Snow	2	Visual Effects Supervisor (2)	$1,206,327,936	$3,561,718,964	33.9%
Steve Dent	2	Stunt Coordinator (2)	$1,015,172,292	$4,082,819,994	24.9%
Danielle Daly	2	Post-Production Supervisor (2)	$1,846,934,721	$1,846,934,721	100.0%
Sheena Duggal	2	Visual Effects Supervisor (2)	$1,859,994,788	$6,425,612,548	28.9%
Eric Heffron	2	Associate Producer (2) Assistant Director (2)	$1,206,327,936	$6,416,637,181	18.8%
Terry Madden	2	First Assistant Director-Second Unit (2)	$1,765,886,755	$12,372,893,448	14.3%
Randall Wilkins	2	Set Designer (2)	$1,592,748,329	$12,376,140,576	12.9%
Jojo Villanueva	2	Music Coordinator (2)	$850,745,406	$6,794,222,985	12.5%
Jeanette Surga	2	Music Editor (2)	$2,610,709,251	$8,212,685,974	31.8%
Christopher T. Sadler	2	Second Assistant Director (2) Additional Photography (1)	$2,488,412,842	$4,410,737,142	56.4%
David Moreau	2	Set Designer (2)	$1,844,129,277	$3,814,645,059	48.3%
Jonathan Fawkner	2	Visual Effects Supervisor (2)	$1,639,995,496	$1,639,995,496	100.0%
Mike Stassi	2	Set Designer (2)	$1,844,129,277	$3,292,691,020	56.0%
Julien Pougnier	2	Set Designer (2)	$1,844,129,277	$2,948,925,908	62.5%
Camille Friend	2	Hair Department Head (2)	$1,844,129,277	$4,308,538,098	42.8%

Total Number of Disney Movies Ever Made

Source: https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe

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